The Timekeeper by Mitch Albom

Another personal favourite from Mitch Albom. His book is the kind where you end up learning something and it just teaches you a whole lot of things about living and life processing as a whole. This book spells out the ridiculous overrated dilemma that has been of existence for the longest time "dying people wants to extend their life while young people just wants to end it". I don't really know how to put it into right words but the jest is like that.

In this society where pleasing norms and acquiring almost every thing that can be acquired, always boils down to a person's incapacity to be satisfied and be happy with what little or in excess that they have. Which is said. Personally speaking, there are instances where I silently complain for the things that I don't have but never did it occur to me to end my own life if my problems are unsolvable or extend life in the event that the time would come. I think this option choices are pathetic. One should be happy and be contented with everything that s/he has been blessed with.

The Household Guide To Dying by Debra Adelaide

Probably one of the most amazing books I've read about life and it's realist complex. Never heard of this book 'til I saw it on a booksale at a very discounted price - just got to have it because it's hard bound and the front cover is very interesting. For the passed months, I've been collecting books on hard copies via booksale :)

The story focuses on one's preparation for that final big day. Not just any ordinary day but a special one which is as special as your birth date, wedding and a whole lot of stuff. I think that it's really important to prepare ourselves mentally, physically and spiritually for death, though some comes in unexpectedly and in an untimely manner, still the book had it all seemed covered.

I've seen and known family members and friends die out of sickness and I always thought they've had lived life to the fullest, specially if they've been given enough time to process everything, however, I still feel (after reading the book) that no one can really say s/he is ready for something that means the end, though I believe in after life, the reality of not seeing the people you used to see and be spending time with is scary. I think, for those who are on the edge can say, they're scared but are not showing it. Either way, the important thing is to live each and every single day like it is your last. Say I love you, I miss you as much as you can and show it and make the people your care for feel how special they are. 

I would totally recommend this book. How, it was written was also beautiful. There were chapters were I cried and thought of situations because it was just to real.