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Readers seeking spirituality might want to look at "How Does the Heart Know Love?'' by WCCO radio personality Brad Walton. In this little paperback, Walton shares his story of a profound spiritual transformation following his open-heart surgery. "The pages of this book embrace my journey through many different types of loss,'' he writes. "The thread common to all of them is about the love we give and receive in this life …'' Book clubs will find a lot of thought-provoking material in Walton's musings.

The next time I hear someone say "good things come in small packages," I shall recall the message of this book: Love is what makes the world go round. However, it also makes life "square," a never-ending series of four-cornered choices that in one way or another ask us to forgive; forgive our own rough-edged shortcomings in particular. But also to forgive the slings and arrows shot at us by our parents, our siblings, our boss, our co-workers, our neighbors, our government, our world itself for these wrongs we have to absorb daily: a careless word or deed that adds up over time to inflict untold suffering.

Perhaps, more than anything else what this author is saying to us that have not experienced a life-threatening illness -- yet -- is to give thanks for each day that we have been given. For indeed it is a gift that we need to reflect upon more often as we face the ultimate challenge of mortality; how to live one day at a time, in spite of it all, with a sweet thought in our head and a lovely song in our heart.

In other words, we must live until we die. But, if I am correct in my musings, what we experience in the hereafter is indeed only the love that we have sown here. Read this book and learn how to do that gracefully, or go kicking and screaming like the vast majority of us do today. Yet never forget the message of this masterpiece: The choice to love or hate is ours to make each and every ... heartbeat!  

Dr. John Jay Harper is the author of the bestseller: Tranceformers: Shamans of the 21st Century

As a physician and a friend to many, this book is one that all should read. It is infrequent that people, especially those that have a role in the public eye, such as Brad, share the delicate, intimate components of life's most important battles and thoughts. This should be a must read for anyone in medicine, as well as anyone who may experience the thought of dying... which means, all of us.

Dr. Lynn Eldridge is the author of the bestseller: Avoiding Cancer One Day at a Time: Practical Advice for Preventing Cancer

This book may be short in length but it is very insightful and truly delivers. Brad Walton was on my radio show and the audience reaction was unbelievable. A must read for anyone who has ever had a broken heart, been hurt by a friend or suffered any type of loss. This book is eloquently written and will get you through those times with a greater understanding of yourself and your ability to heal and move on. I give it 10 stars!

T. Love "Spiritual Radio Show Host" (Sparta, J USA)