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From Harold S. Kushner, the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an audiobook that shows us how to be our best selves even when things don’t turn out as we had hoped–that is, how we can overcome life’s disappointments. Kushner turns to the experience of Moses to find the requisite lessons of strength and faith. Moses towers over all others in the Old Testament: he is the man on the mountaintop to whom God speaks with unparalleled intimacy, and he leads his people out of bondage. But he is also deeply human, someone whose soaring triumphs are offset by frustration and longing: his people ignore his teachings, he is denied entrance to the Promised Land, his family suffers. But he overcomes. Through the example of Moses’ remarkable resilience, we learn how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of a lost job or promotion, a child’s failures, divorce or abandonment, and illness. We learn how to meet all disappointments with faith in ourselves and the future, and how to respond to heartbreak with understanding rather than bitterness and despair. This is an audiobook of spiritual wisdom–as practical as it is inspiring.
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"Another in my series of reads by Rabbi Harold Kushner. His pearls of wisdom never fail to inspire and/or put things in perspective. He makes the point here that it's how we react to the events/things that happen to us in life that's important, not the events themselves. In other words, rotten things can happen to us or our families, but we do not have to be prisoner to that. We can define our own outcome. As in his other books, Kushner emphasizes again the need to look at life with an "attitude of gratitude," to consider more the blessings we do have rather than bemoan what we do not. I think I've got the point now, and while I don't plan to read another Kushner book anytime soon, I can always recommend them to others--esp. if one is going through a "low" time in one's life. Kushner has a way of helping a person find the bright side, even in the most dramatic, extreme and tragic of situations."
— Jane (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Truly enjoyed this perspective and learned a lot! "
— Randa, 2/13/2014 -
" I really enjoy Rabbi Kushner's take on the world - in all his books that I've read. This is no exception - I was in tears in some parts. My only complaint about the book is that I think sometimes he takes the Moses analogy too far, to a point that became uninteresting for me. But a few pages of uninteresting are definitely worth the rest of the book's insights. "
— Ashlie, 1/4/2014 -
" I liked Kushner's earlier book "when bad things Happen to Good People", this one not so much. Seemed a bit disjointed. "
— Dannyg, 12/20/2013 -
" I'm a huge fan of Rabbi Kushner's - his books are all about finding what is truly important and focusing on that, letting go of the our superficial and hurtful urges. "
— Inder, 12/2/2013 -
" "Humility is the realization that not everything that happens in life is all about you. Things may work out well, but you may not have been the primary reason for their success. Things may fail, but the failure may not have been your fault." (p. 120) "
— Lori, 11/24/2013 -
" itself disappointing. when bad things happen to good people was so good. "
— Beth, 6/24/2013 -
" Always like Kushner, and this one no exception. Daughter was reading it so decided to give it "a go." Based on the story of Moses. The theme will be helpful for class I will be doing in the fall. "
— Shirley, 5/3/2013 -
" Rabbi Kushner gives interesting stories & advice based on Moses & how he dealt with life. I liked the perspective & the stories, even though I'm not a believer of Old Testament stories, there are valuable grains of truth in stories. Also, my version was an audio CD, not cassettes. "
— Spider, 3/12/2013 -
" Excellent! Practical and inspirational. "
— suzy, 3/9/2013 -
" I listened to he audio version of this book and it was wonderful. If there ever was a 5-star read (or listen, in my case) it is this. Truly moving. "
— Martin, 8/5/2012 -
" Not as good as his classic When Bad Things Happen to Good People, but nice and insightful. Uses the story of Moses to teach about overcoming the frustrations of life. "
— Lucy, 9/29/2011 -
" I did not finish the book, but I thought the early part had some good concepts. "
— Steve, 2/3/2011 -
" It has been years since I have read a Rabbi Kushner book. I enjoyed this one. "
— Cindy, 12/11/2010 -
" I heard Harold Kushner speaking on the radio and decided to read his book. I had read When Bad things happen to Good People many years ago. I enjoyed his religious spin on this book. I think this book will give anyone who is disappointed with how life is should read this book. I know it helped me. "
— Sonyajohnston, 11/30/2009 -
" ah the world of self-help books which are so marginally helpful...nothing new in this one. just a different way to frame things. aka "what would Moses do?" "
— Julia, 9/7/2008 -
" kind of like a jewish self-help book "
— Steve, 8/28/2008 -
" Another excellent Kushner book. "
— Roxy, 10/17/2007 -
" I love two of Kushner's books, but everything else has been kind of a dud. Even though I finished about 70% of this one, I couldn't generate the interest to finish it up. Eh. "
— Kaye, 8/30/2006
About Harold S. Kushner
Harold S. Kushner is the author of several bestselling books on coping with life’s challenges. He has been honored by the Christophers as one of the fifty people who have made the world a better place. He is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Isreal in Natick, Massachusetts.
About Arthur Morey
Arthur Morey has won three AudioFile Magazine “Best Of” Awards, and his work has garnered numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and placed him as a finalist for two Audie Awards. He has acted in a number of productions, both off Broadway in New York and off Loop in Chicago. He graduated from Harvard and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has won awards for his fiction and drama, worked as an editor with several book publishers, and taught literature and writing at Northwestern University. His plays and songs have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Milan, where he has also performed.