Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston

After service in Vietnam, as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1968-69, at the height of the war, Dr. Gordon Livingston returned to the U.S. and began work as a psychiatrist. In that capacity, he has listened to people talk about their lives-what works, what doesn't, and the limitless ways (many of them self-inflicted) that people find to be unhappy. He is also a parent twice bereaved; in one thirteen-month period, he lost his eldest son to suicide, his youngest to leukemia. Out of a lifetime of experience, Gordon Livingston has extracted thirty bedrock truths: We are what we do. Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Only bad things happen quickly. Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not the same thing. The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas. Livingston illuminates these and twenty-four others in a series of carefully hewn, perfectly calibrated essays, many of which focus on our closest relationships and the things that we do to impede or, less frequently, enhance them. Again and again, these essays underscore that we are what we do, and that while there may be no escaping who we are, we have the capacity to face loss, misfortune, and regret and to move beyond them-that it is not too late. Full of things we may know but have not articulated to ourselves, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart offers solace, guidance, and hope to everyone ready to become the person they'd most like to be.

Gordon Livingston, M.D., a psychiatrist and regular contributor to the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Baltimore Sun, is a West Point graduate who was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in Vietnam. Only Spring, Too Soon Old, Too Late Clever, And Never Stop Dancing, and How to Love are among his past works, which have been published in over twenty-two countries. He is based in Columbia, Maryland, where he lives and works.

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ISBN 13	9781569244197
ISBN 10	1569244197
Title	Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
Author	Gordon Livingston
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Marlowe & Co
Year published	2004-11-09
Number of pages	192
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