by Paul Kalanithi
“If I had some sense of how much time
I have left, it’d be easier. (…) Tell me three months, I’d spend time with
family. Tell me one year, I’d write a book. Give me ten years, I’d get back to
treating diseases.”
Most people (me among them) live their lives
procrastinating their dreams for next month, next year or even next decade.
Unfortunately, death take most of them by surprise before realizing those
dreams. Paul had a plan to spend two decades of
his life in neurosurgery, then the next two decades as a writer, not realizing
that death is going to pay a visit much earlier than he could ever imagine.
“When
Breath Becomes Air” is a memoir about
dreaming, working hard, and facing death with courage and a final touch. After
the tremendous effect this book left on me, I consider it a life-changing book,
and I recommend it to EVERYONE.
Continue reading the review on our Idea Magazine .
Merry
