Inside this Book – You read it in the newspaper or the telephone rings; the loved one of a friend has died. Among the thoughts that cross your mind are the desire to help in some way, to respond to your friend’s sorrow and pain. The wish to condole is such a human trait, yet most of us are at a loss to acknowledge, in a caring and loving way, the grief of others. That’s understandable. No one has ever taught us the art of condolence. And when we try to draw from our own experiences of loss, we find that those who have tried to condole us, friends and relations with the best of intentions, have frequently said or done exactly the wrong thing. We want to comfort, to condole, but we don’t know what to write, what to say, or what to do. Days fade into each other and the call never seems to be made; that letter just never seems to get written. Sound familiar? What is it about our confrontation with another’s anguish that causes a tightness in our chest, a constriction in our throat, the primal urge, tempered only by social form, to run? What causes the words to slip away when we are faced with another’s grief? Is it overwhelming compassion, or is it the reflection of our own mortality mirrored in another’s suffering? Sometimes, when we respond to the grief.
- Full Book Name – The Art of Condolence
- Author of this Book – Leonard Zunin
- Language – English
- Book Genre – Non-Fiction
- Download Format – PDF
- Size – 2 MB
- eBook Pages – 297
The Art of Condolence by Leonard Zunin PDF eBook
- Inside this Book – You read it in the newspaper or the telephone rings; the loved one of a friend has died. Among the thoughts that cross your mind are the desire to help in some way, to respond to your friend’s sorrow and pain. The wish to condole is such a human trait, yet most of us are at a loss to acknowledge, in a caring and loving way, the grief of others. That’s understandable. No one has ever taught us the art of condolence. And when we try to draw from our own experiences of loss, we find that those who have tried to condole us, friends and relations with the best of intentions, have frequently said or done exactly the wrong thing. We want to comfort, to condole, but we don’t know what to write, what to say, or what to do. Days fade into each other and the call never seems to be made; that letter just never seems to get written. Sound familiar? What is it about our confrontation with another’s anguish that causes a tightness in our chest, a constriction in our throat, the primal urge, tempered only by social form, to run? What causes the words to slip away when we are faced with another’s grief? Is it overwhelming compassion, or is it the reflection of our own mortality mirrored in another’s suffering? Sometimes, when we respond to the grief.
- Full Book Name – The Art of Condolence
- Author of this Book – Leonard Zunin
- Language – English
- Book Genre – Non-Fiction
- Download Format – PDF
- Size – 2 MB
- eBook Pages – 297
