HUFFINGTON
02.23.14
THRIVE
she lived with the true definition of
success in mind. “My beloved Bob,
Tessa, and Riley,” she wrote. “My
beloved friends and family. How
precious you all have been to me.
Knowing and loving each one of you
was the success story of my life.”
Whether you believe in an afterlife—as I do—or not, by being fully
present in your life and in the lives
of those you love, you’re not just
writing your own eulogy; you’re
creating a very real version of your
afterlife. It’s an invaluable lesson—
one that has much more credence
while we have the good fortune of
being healthy and having the energy and freedom to create a life
of purpose and meaning. The good
news is that each and every one of
us still has time to live up to the
best version of our eulogy.
This book is designed to help
us move from knowing what to do
to actually doing it. As I know all
too well, this is no simple matter.
Changing deeply ingrained habits
is especially difficult. And when
many of these habits are the product of deeply i