The Collected Regrets of Clover
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Paul's Pass-Along Books
This book is very compelling and surrounds the life of Clove, a death doula.
I appreciated these quotes from the book:
"The most important thing is never to look away from someone's pain....giving someone the chance to be seen at their most vulnerable is much more healing than any words...it was my honor to do that--to look them in the eye and acknowledge their hurt, to let it exist undiluted--even when the sadness was overwhelming."
"I wish I'd told them how much I love them. In almost every case, it was because they'd been so busy in their lives that they took their loved ones for granted."
"But before they were parents, they were simply human beings trying to navigate life as best they could, dealing with their own disappointments, chasing after their own dreams. And yet we often expect them to be infallible."
"The fact that all of us were entangled--that everyone on the planet somehow shaped the course of one another's lives, often without realizing it--felt like almost too much for me to comprehend."
"So maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life--and the people we love--will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic. And instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring a simpler truth: We are here."
I appreciated these quotes from the book:
"The most important thing is never to look away from someone's pain....giving someone the chance to be seen at their most vulnerable is much more healing than any words...it was my honor to do that--to look them in the eye and acknowledge their hurt, to let it exist undiluted--even when the sadness was overwhelming."
"I wish I'd told them how much I love them. In almost every case, it was because they'd been so busy in their lives that they took their loved ones for granted."
"But before they were parents, they were simply human beings trying to navigate life as best they could, dealing with their own disappointments, chasing after their own dreams. And yet we often expect them to be infallible."
"The fact that all of us were entangled--that everyone on the planet somehow shaped the course of one another's lives, often without realizing it--felt like almost too much for me to comprehend."
"So maybe we just need to appreciate that many aspects of life--and the people we love--will always be a mystery. Because without mystery, there is no magic. And instead of constantly asking ourselves the question of why we're here, maybe we should be savoring a simpler truth: We are here."
