Best-selling novelist Isabel Allende discovers the great gift of giving through the loss of her beloved daughter.
By Isabel Allende
I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until my twenty-eight-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and I took care of her at home until she died in my arms in December of 1992.
Think of the words, the values that are important to you. Simply write them down and then prioritize the values based on how you see or want to experience life. To encourage you to create a list of your values, here are 10 values that are essential to me.
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