Book Review: THE BEAUTY OF WHAT REMAINS: HOW OUR GREATEST FEAR BECOMES OUR GREATEST GIFT


A rabbi went through his life administering the funerals of countless deaths. His life took on a deeper meaning when he had to come to term with the death of his father after over ten years of Alzheimer’s. This book is his reflection and contemplation on what it means to face death and what it teaches about life

What are some of the lessons I learn?

  • Who we have matters more than anything. This includes love, friends and family
  • Pain (of grief, of dying) shows that life matters. Don’t lose sight of beauty that was
  • Human had capacity to move forward. Things will hurt but it won’t hurt so often
  • What would you want others to miss? What can you do in life that’s meaningful?
  • Consider writing an ethical will for your loved ones. THis is what values and principles you want them to remember about you when you’re gone. 
  • Everything is easier when you’re grateful, be good, see the world with people you love, cherish time

This is an amazing and heartfelt book. We all know those close to us who’ve passed away. We usually have no one to tell us to process the loss. This book is like a guide of how to live with death, how to eulogize, how to show respect to death and support those left behind. 

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54705911