AUDIOBOOK

For You When I Am Gone

Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story

Steve Leder
5
(1)
Duration
5h 3m
Year
2022
Language
English

About

Writing an ethical will, a document that includes stories and reflections about your past, is an ancient tradition. It can include joys, regrets, and ultimately becomes both a way to remember a loved one who is gone, and a primer on how to live a better, happier life. Beloved Rabbi Steve Leder has helped thousands of people to write their own ethical wills, and in this intimate book helps us write our own.

Because our culture privileges the material over the spiritual, we sometimes forget that our words carry greater value than any physical thing we can bequeath to our loved ones. Rabbi Leder provides all the right questions and prompts, including, What was your most painful regret and how can your loved ones avoid repeating it? When was a time you lead with your heart instead of your head? What did you learn from your biggest failure?

Including examples of ethical wills from a broad range of voices — old and young, with and without children, famous and unknown, For You When I Am Gone inspires readers to examine their own lives and turn them into something beautiful and meaningful for generations to come.

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