{"product_id":"life-in-20-lessons-what-a-funeral-guy-discovered-about-life-from-death-paperback","title":"Life in 20 Lessons: What a Funeral Guy Discovered About Life, From Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Meyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo Excuses, No Regrets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you could fast-forward your life to your deathbed and listen to your regrets (and joys), and then rewind your life and live it with that knowledge about living a life with no excuses, no misgivings, no looking back-would you do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides that knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter fourteen years in the funeral business, Chris Meyer has listened to grieving families, their regrets and wishes, sadness and pain, for the dearly departed-expressing their \"if onlys\" and \"what ifs.\" From these painful graveside encounters, he learned lessons that kept repeating themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the (first) 20 life lessons: some simple, some profound, some irreverent-lessons about life, from death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about dying. This is a story of living. This is...life in 20 lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant. Funny. Filled with love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Introduction-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a man over fifty years of age, statistically, I have lived more than half of my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the last fourteen years of that life, I have owned a funeral home. It has taught me the most about the human condition and myself. I have seen horrific, absolutely horrific, things, smelled smells that are unimaginable, cried with friends and strangers, and witnessed unspeakable tragedy, heartache, and death all too often for one human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the funeral home has also given me my greatest gift-perspective. If you think your day is going badly, someone always has it worse, way worse, guaranteed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou've heard it all before: Each day above ground is a blessing, live each day as if it were your last, or any one of the manifold great quotes about being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are all true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now, in some way, I can see there may have been a purpose to all this. Like maybe I was meant to be a conduit, of sorts, between the surviving and the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have sat with the survivors. I have listened to their stories, their cries, their confessions, their regrets, their wishes, their \"would'ves,\" \"should'ves,\" and \"could'ves.\" I have just closed my mouth and listened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn listening to the survivors, I have heard the dead. Not in any creepy M. Night Shyamalan \"I see dead people\" type of way, but in being around so much death, listening to families and loved ones' stories, eulogies, services, pastors, preachers, passages, and musical selections, I have gained some insights over the years, some expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, for me, the bonus was that I raised a family just as I started in the funeral industry. Our lives together became the test case for the lessons I was learning about life, from death. After seeing the impact on my own family, I knew I could help a lot of people with this information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I sat down and memorialized the lessons I learned to make certain you don't search your whole life only to realize the true meaning of life on your deathbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut make no mistake, this is not a funeral book. This is a story of living-with \"insider's knowledge.\" Sure, I will tell you funeral stories from where I drew inspiration. That is my platform, the reason you should listen to me, why I am an \"expert in the field\"-at least that is what the publishers and editors have told me. (Why would anyone give two rips about some Everyman's opinion of life?)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFair enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, honestly, there is as much inspiration from my current and past lives herein. Because I am not only a funeral guy, but also a father, a husband, a son, a grandson, a brother, a coach, and a friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, this is not a funeral story. This is story about how one man discovered life in the funeral business...by living death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lessons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Be Thankful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Make a Difference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Avoid Judgment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Respect Others and Yourself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Be Vulnerable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Get Uncomfortable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Failure Is the Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Love Simply\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Become a Famillionaire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793152311584,"sku":"9781733344302","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/058b071a7fd8b077832f8ea188e05d29.webp?v=1780715015","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/life-in-20-lessons-what-a-funeral-guy-discovered-about-life-from-death-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}