2 to 5 business days
Jack Valentine seemed to have it all. He made good money as an adman, and looked good doing it. He had a hot apartment, cool friends, even a slick car â at least until the hectic Monday morning a truck smashed into it, sending the critically injured Jack to the hospital.
Everything happens for a reason, though, and Jackâs reason reveals itself in the silver haired cancer patient who becomes his roommate one evening. The elderly man, Cal, shares his life story â one not dissimilar to Jackâs â of material wealth masking a gaping hole within. Cal ultimately found salvation through philosophy (âthe love of wisdomâ), and now offers to help Jack by prepping the younger man for the Final Questions we all must face: Have I lived wisely? Have I loved well? Have I served greatly?
Presenting Jack with three plane tickets, each accompanied by a map marked with a red X, Cal sends Jack to meet with three great teachers, each of whom will help Jack answer one of the Final Questions â just as they once helped Cal. First, in Rome, Jack will meet âthe Saintâ. Then a haunted beach in Hawaii introduces him to âthe Surferâ. And finally the grandeur of New York City sets the stage for his last encounter: with âthe CEOâ.
