My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging [B0095]

2001 PB. In My Grandfather's Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen, a cancer physician and master storyteller, uses her luminous stories to remind us of the power of our kindness and the joy of being alive. Dr. Remen's grandfather, an orthodox rabbi and scholar of the Kabbalah, saw life as a web of connection and knew that everyone belonged to him, and that he belonged to everyone. He taught her that blessing one another is what fills our emptiness, heals our loneliness, and connects us more deeply to life. Life has given us many more blessings than we have allowed ourselves to receive. My Grandfather's Blessings is about how we can recognize and receive our blessings and bless the life in others. Serving others heals us. Through our service we will discover our own wholeness-and the way to restore hidden wholeness in the world.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This book is absolute soul food. It gives us hope, compassion and deeper reverence for humanity and the trials we face. Highly recommend."; "This was a very good book. I liked all the references to God and spirituality throughout the book. I liked the writing style as well."; "I shed many tears while reading this book. I am left with the feeling that my copy cannot stay on my bookshelf and I keep wondering who to give it to next."