Chasing Daylight:How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life

Chasing Daylight:How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life

<p><b>“Must the end of life be the worst part?</b></p><br><br><p>Can it be made the best?”</p><br><br><p>At 53, Eugene O'Kelly was in the full swing of life. Chairman and CEO of KPMG, one of the largest U.S. accounting firms, he enjoyed a successful career and drew happiness from his wife, children, family, and close friends. He was thinking ahead: the next business trip, the firm's continued success, weekend plans with his wife, his daughter's first day of eighth grade.</p><br><br><p>Then in May 2005, Gene was diagnosed with late-stage brain cancer and given three to six months to live. Just like that.</p><br><br><p>Now a growing darkness was absorbing the bright future he had seen for himself. He would have to change his plans, quickly, and capture what he could of his last diminishing days.</p><br><br><p><i>Chasing Daylight</i> is the account of his final journey. Starting from the time of his diagnosis and concluded upon his death less than four months later, this book is his unforgettable story.</p><br><br><p>With startling intimacy, it chronicles the dissolution of Eugene O'Kelly's life and his gradual awakening to a more profound understanding. Interweaving unsettling details of his battle with cancer with his moment-to-moment reflections on life and death, love and success, spirituality and the search for meaning, it provides a testament to the power of the human spirit and a compelling message about how to live a more vivid, balanced, and meaningful life.</p><br><br><p>Inspiring, passionate, deeply insightful, <i>Chasing Daylight</i> is a remarkable man's poignant farewell to a beloved world.</p>