Four Offerings at the Moment of Transition

Every person that I’ve met in this moment of transition [death] wanted to make four offerings.

— Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and oncologist, speaking at the University of Pennsylvania commencement.

The four are:

• I want to tell you that I love you.
• I want to tell you that I forgive you.
• Would you tell me that you love me?
• Would you give me your forgiveness?