Ram Dass has a stunning sense of humor that accompanies his wisdom as he talks about the changes that occur throughout our lives. This humor is even evident when he talks about his surviving a debilitating stroke: He had been looking for the perfect ending to Still Here. But, since he was so healthy, he felt he didn’t have an understanding of what real aging was all about. After the stroke, and confined to a wheelchair, he jokes that he couldn't have found a better understanding of aging anywhere!

It is now a number of years later, and a lot of his mobility has been restored, but he is still somewhat physically impaired. Even that is something to joke about. For example, he says that even though he can now move around with a walker, he has grown to love his wheelchair... 'Who wouldn't rather ride than walk?' The poignancy is there is well such as when he says... 'I haven't been cured of my stroke, but I have definitely been healed by it.' Yes, he learned so much from his stroke. He makes us understand why everything in life, no matter how terrible, is a valuable lesson to be embraced.

Still Here is a book about change...and reading and embracing this book will make the journey through life much easier, much more joyous, and much more fulfilling.