Opus Optimus
A Model for Renewing Life's Later Years
by Robert V. Smith
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Pub Date May 02 2017 | Archive Date Jul 07 2017
Description
Don’t just age, engage.
In Opus Optimus, author Robert V. Smith provides an inspirational guide about how to live your life to the fullest, particularly if you are approaching old age or who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Drawing on the amazing potential shown by the survivors of Near Death Experiences (NDEs) for transformation in this life, Smith has created the Opus Optimus model to help you get the most out of your later days.
Smith’s model builds upon several important elements and principles such as:
•Developing keen intuition and the power to connect with others
•Finding goodness and value in all days
•Committing to doing and ensuring good
•Forgoing materialism
•Regretting and fearing nothing, including death
To illustrate these principles, Smith provides exemplars—including fascinating public figures like Michelle Obama and the late Randy Pausch—whose commendable lives show readers how they too can contribute. With advice from the practical to the spiritual, Opus Optimus will help you renew your later years.
Advance Praise
“Bob Smith is a provocative and stimulating writer, who challenges the reader with ideas and information that cannot be easily dismissed. His latest book, Opus Optimus: A Model for Renewing Life’s Later Years, should appeal to people of all ages, especially those contemplating and investigating their passages through life. I highly recommend this book; it’s a keeper!”
—Dr. Daniel Acosta, Jr., Dean Emeritus, Winkle College of Pharmacy, University Cincinnati
“The principles, examples, and reasoning of Bob Smith’s book move the reader beyond daily routine into daily opportunity and challenge. These are ideas upon which we can all hang our hats with confidence.”
—Dr. Donald H. Dyal, Former Dean of Libraries, Texas Tech University
“It’s about time I read a book on living a full life with science and research behind it. Doctor Smith is a scientist, academic, humanist and an excellent writer.”
—Patrick McCallum, President, Collaborative Braintrust
“Bob Smith’s book, Opus Optimus, reminds us that we are all terminal and urges us to fill the road to that destination with the kinds of thoughts and deeds that bring joy, rewards, and comfort to ourselves and those around us. With examples and ideas, he illuminates pathways that show us how with charity we can arrive at that destination in comfort and grace.”
—Dr. Peggy Gordon Miller, Former President, South Dakota State University
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781632991164 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
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