The way we live our lives is not often the same as how we die. While our values during our lives are more oriented to accumulating wealth and power, when we or someone we love is near death our values change to relationships. We become more interested in restoring and nurturing relationships than our bank accounts, real estate portfolios, or other personal wealth. Songs like Cats in the Craddle, remind us of the most important values in our lives.
We learn from the dying, who generally wished they could have been more honest with their feelings, in other words had been more authentic. They also wished they had had more fun and done less work. Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki tell stories relating to these issues.
