Understanding Life and Living

This book is the final contribution to the trilogy which I set out to complete. It is the third addition to my recently published books, "Life is for the Living" and "Slices of Life." In this book I propose to try to search for an understanding and an explanation of various aspects of life as I perceived them. I have always believed that we are not just random or accidental beings placed to live out our lives on earth. There is a purpose for having this life for each one of us, but we seem to spend our entire lives searching for the meaning and reason of our own living without ever finding a final answer. I am also convinced that no one can hope to truly begin to understand what life is meant to be, until one has begun to personally experience living. Equally, I am also convinced that nothing meaningful can ever be learnt by copying other people's lives, or waiting on their approval before stepping forward in our own life. My hope for this book is that it will continue on the theme of the other books and be an opportunity to cover greater ground. I shall be writing brief comments on various aspects of life and living as I saw and experienced them, using quotations to reinforce and embellish my thoughts and to guide my direction and thinking. It is my sincere hope that they will serve as a platform to encourage others to examine their own personal thoughts and actions, and with any luck, initiate in them an interest to search out their own lives for themselves. Dr. Edward A. Moses, MD