“In These Five Breaths is Paul Lipton’s ‘poem’ to life in which each breath holds a promise of salvation, redemption, and forgiveness. Breath is a journey that the reader can take into a world we will enter sooner or later. Breath is a light into the beauty as the gift of each light. It lets us know that the quality of life is the compelling truth. Breath is light.”
—William Reichel, M.D., affiliated scholar,
Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
“In In These Five Breaths, Paul Lipton vividly describes our human experience. He beautifully illustrates the basic truth that too frequently eludes us: We only have this present moment—THIS BREATH—to live life with purpose and love. Life, Time, and Death are highlighted while Paul challenges the reader to live courageously in a world that leaves nobody unscathed. As a hospice physician, I see the story told in In These Five Breaths unfold every day with my patients and their families, which is why Paul’s message deeply resonates within me. Paul Lipton is more than a gifted storyteller. He is a spiritual messenger that our world desperately needs right now. I invite you to read Paul’s message.”
—Phil Ramos, M.D., board-certified nephrologist and Clinical Fellow, Harvard Palliative Care Fellowship Program 2018–2019
“If you have ever sat beside a loved one who is in the final stage of passing from this life and into eternity, as I have with both my mom and dad, then, like me, you likely wondered if, and probably hoped that they knew you were there with them on this journey. If so, then In These Five Breaths is a book you should read and meditate on as you contemplate the thoughts of both the one drawing his last few breaths and those who are there to comfort him.”
—Daniel E. Whiteman, Ph.D., Vice Chairman, Coastal Construction Company
“A beautiful, deeply authentic look at what really matters in a life when all the noise melts away. Give this book to anyone looking for meaning.”
—Jessie Hilb, author of The Calculus of Change
