Book

Byock, Ira, author.

Four things that matter most : a book about living / Ira Byock.

Tenth anniversary edition.

First Atria books hardcover edtion.

New York : Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2014.

©2014

xxvi, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Newly updated with stories from people who have turned to this life-altering book in their time of need, this motivational teaching about what really matters reminds us how we can honor each relationship every day.

Interpersonal communication.

Interpersonal relations.

Conduct of life.

Love.

Emotions.

Interpersonal Relations

Love

Communication

Emotions

Love

Emotions

Conduct of life.

Interpersonal communication.

Interpersonal relations.

Includes index.

First edition published: New York : Free Press, ©2004.

Introduction to the tenth anniversary edition -- The four things. Saying the four things ; The healing power of words ; Completing relationships -- Transformations -- Forgiveness. Loved ones live on inside us ; Resolving a legacy of pain ; The emotional economics of forgiveness ; Extreme acts of forgiveness ; Forgiving yourself ; Living with uncertainty and illness ; A legacy of pain and anger: an opportunity for forgiveness and love -- Thank you. Practicing gratitude ; The unexpected grace of reconnection ; The tamily dynamics of gratitude -- I love you. Creative ways of saying the four things ; Loving the body ; Living every day as if it were your first-- or last ; Lives intertwined with love -- Good-bye. Nothing left unsaid ; The mysterious magic of some good-byes ; Good-byes that are gifts through time ; Good-byes that celebrate life -- Afterword: Reflections before good-bye.

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