A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last

"Stephen Levine has the great talent, to evoke love and compassion with his words. Many people talk about these themes, but very few can make people feel it in one's own heart and start practising it - at least as good as one can.
AND this book is also very helpful in dealing with the fear of death and dying, that is in some times more present than in others, but always there in many of us."
~ Written on 2008-09-06

"I bought this book cheaply and paid more for the shipping and handling than for the book. Now I know why. I read through the first several chapters - each chapter is only a couple pages long - and then flipped to the back of the book to see if the book was going anywhere. Sadly, nothing had changed in the end.

This book is zen poetry. Levine is a good writer with many flowery images and metaphors for dying but after awhile he says nothing. Perhaps I should read his book in order to learn the patience needed to read his book. If i had six months to live, I wouldn't spend my time reading this book. It has nothing new to say, just a recycle of zen techniques.

I expected this book to be a practical guide to settling our affairs in the final year of life. How do we prepare ourselves financially or pay off debt? How do we budget our time in accomplishing unfulfilled tasks? How do we clean up all of our material goods?

This book answers none of life's practical questions and provides even less answers on death."
~ Written on 2007-12-13

"I felt that since Stephen didn't really have just a year to live, there was something missing here. It seemed to me more of a review of his Yoga presentations.Perhaps he is very laid back, but I think any one knowing they had only one year to live would have done more with his life than just sit back and think how wonderful things were. I'm sorry, but I never got the feeling he was reaching the end."
~ Written on 2007-08-17

"A perspective on life as a gift to be enjoyed, shared and appreciated before we proceed to our next phase of existance, "A Year To Live" offers loving companionship and strength to living our experience here in grateful joy."
~ Written on 2007-01-14

"Yes, in this book the author Stephen Levine shows us how to live each moment like our last-- and no it's not depressing...Stephen really lived like this for a year so it's fascinating to see his take on this philosophy. I often use this in making a major decision-- if this was my last year would I? And even in minor decisions that are bothering me -- should I do this today? I love the titles of his chapters including "ALTARING YOUR LIFE"...plus he offers meditations and a year-long plan... I did not get into that stuff-- which some people may feel is too new age...but I did enjoy the philosophy of this book...I keep it on my bookshelf in a special place for days that are really tough or nights that seem like they will never end :))"
~ Written on 2006-08-25