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Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of every passing moment, a secret teacher hiding in plain sight, helping us to discover what matters most in life. So begins Frank Ostaseski's stirring book, The Five Invitations, an exhilarating...

Madison O’Donnell isn’t a best-selling author. Unpublished, disillusioned, and still grooming dogs at the temp job she took six years ago after moving to Toronto with her best friend, Madison’s life hasn’t gone at all according to plan. So she turned her back on the one thing she’s wanted more than anything. Now, on her 25th birthday, with the weight of her roommate’s impending move, an invitation to her estranged mother’s wedding, and a humiliating run-in with her recent ex, Madison is spiralling full speed into a quarter-life crisis. And everyone can see it.

How do you move forward when your life is unexpectedly shattered by devastating news? You can sink into despair, or this temporary devastation can become a profound journey where the choices you make bring more meaning, purpose, and promise than you could ever have imagined. In The Gift of Great Sorrow, we experience a story that moves beyond tragedy to triumph--not because the tragedy changes, but because of the transforming power of perspective, love, and courage.

Frank Ostaseski begleitet seit über 30 Jahren Sterbende sowie deren Angehörige und lehrt eine mitfühlende Pflege, in deren Mittelpunkt Achtsamkeit und der bewusste Umgang mit der Vergänglichkeit stehen. Aus seiner Arbeit heraus hat er fünf Einladungen formuliert, die auch uns Lebenden helfen mit Verlusten und Krisen umzugehen - etwa bei Trennung, Krankheit oder Entlassung.

It is a question at the center of many arguments against the existence of God and a conundrum that stumps even the most devout worshipers. What do we make of pain and suffering? What does it cost us? What is its value? How can an all-loving God allow for world catastrophe, grave illness, and devastating carnage?