"A wound without meaning, is simply an accident. A meaningful wound is a calling."
~ Bill Plotkin.

Danny Blorian`s Hospisophy – The Wisdom of the Hospice.

This book comes with a beautiful, thoughtful, meaningful, and heartfelt concept. The care provided in Hospice is special as it focuses on providing the best possible quality of life to people who are on advanced or terminal illness. It is indeed a blessing for anyone to be able to be available to take care of people in Hospice care. Blorian brings to the readers the stories, the wisdom, the learnings, the regrets, and much more of the people in the Hospice when he has been a care volunteer. The writer focuses through these stories and his writing on "bringing death closer and transforming it into a guide and teacher for life."

Notes from the book:

"People have a deep need to leave their mark on the world. People also have a need for their story to be heard."

"A person’s last moments on this earth are not a time for the passing of judgement, but a time for patient heeding. With an open heart."

"Because it is never too late."

"Don’t be ashamed. Tell your wife ‘I love you.’ It won’t cost you anything. And it will keep both of you healthy.”

"I have learned just how deep and intense the need is for some of the people in this place, the need to open up, to be heard and allowed to share, and with what heightened sense of urgency they live their lives."

"Great is the sorrow of those on the verge of death when they realize there is no time left for improvement."

“…dying well is to die without anger, without unsettled scores, without yearning, without shame."

"Dying well is to die without anger, without unsettled scores, without yearning, without shame." The author desires to give those living their last days in a hospice ward that kind of death. Blorian shares experiences sharing conversations with patients in the hospice. He shares the final days of a woman who lived through days in a concentration camp, a murderer Blorian helped put in prison, and a father who shares a secret that no one knows except his wife. All of those moments are shared with the reverance and dignity that one deserves in these final days. This book is one to read slowly to appreciate the stories and moments we are allowed to look in on.

A very thought provoking book,that I think everyone should.read if they are interested in hospices and the prospect of giving someone a good death.Some of the stories are really heartbreaking and will stay with .

Thank you for the opportunity to read 'Hospisophy'.

This is a poignant book that tells the stories of a number of patients in an Israeli hospice. The author has volunteered at the hospice for a number of years and has a talent in connecting with those that are dying. He clearly knows how to listen to people and gain their trust. I learnt a.lot from reading the joys and regrets of the dying and applaud the author for his work.

As someone who has held the hand of a loved one as they prepared to leave this earthy world, I had a profound connection with this book. But I also find it equally as important to be read by someone who has ever questioned or doubted death and it’s necessary role in living. Everyone deserves to die with dignity and to feel as if their life meant something, or at least be seen and recognized as a soul that was a part of this world. Digesting these stories relayed by Danny gives the reader space to ask themselves important questions about what their story would be at the end. We must not fear death but “bring death closer and transform it into a guide and teacher for life” for “great is the sorrow of those on the verge of death when they realize there is no time left for improvement.”

Hospisophy : The Wisdom of the Hospice

Danny Blorian’s book, Hospisophy The Wisdom of the Hospice is described as a way to die, and a way to live.
I found an intrinsic beauty written between the pages of people’s stories as their life was coming to a close. What is between the pages is a manual on how to live so as to die without regret, without sadness, without looking back and wishing things had been done differently, or better choices had been made.

Danny Blorian shares with his readers an amazing amount of empathy in how to care and show kindness to those we love and care for in their time of greatest need.

Most importantly - he gives his readers the honest secrets on how to live.

Highly recommended to anyone who wishes to live a good life and die with peace.

Beautifully written and extremely profound.