At the end of our lives we are very unlikely to think, “I sure wish I spent more time in the office.” 

Consider what you'd regret at the end of your days and you'll find a recipe for life. My guest is Stan Goldberg, author of Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life.  It is just that.

You can learn more about him and read his blog at http://stangoldbergwriter.com.

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Learn to weather the storms of challenge and upheaval. His  new book, Wise Mind, Open Mind, pioneering psychotherapist Dr. Ron Alexander draws on Buddhist mindfulness practices and tools from Positive Psychology to teach others how to find "mindstrength," the ability to develop mastery over our thoughts and to transmute our painful emotions.

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The show falls on a date that everyone recognizes.  It seems to me the perfect opportunity to hold an encompassing and open conversation about hate, tolerance and forgiveness. Accompanying me will be Bill Cumming, the founder of What One Person Can Do (a program you've heard me talk about many times, based on loving kindness and the power within) and a man and father with first hand experience of our topic. At a young age his own daughter was brutally attacked (she is fine and thriving today).  Bill has since dedicated his life to understanding and addressing the roots of violence.

Do you believe there are some people who cannot, by the nature of their actions, be deserving of forgiveness?  What is our definition of forgiveness?
 
Bill has been doing transformational work for 30 years in schools, prisons, rape crisis centers, businesses and organizations of all kinds.  His work is accessible to everyone in a conversation called ‘What One Person Can Do’ and he can be found on www.oneperson.net

More shows with Bill can be heard in the archives: 
December 26, 2008, A Conversation That Changed My Life
October 31st 2008, It’s Personal and It Matters, An Election Special

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