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Summary: Inspring, uplifting, beautiful, and amazing
Review: "..." Hope by Joel Rothschild will inspire you. It will give you hope when you have nothing left. If you feel that the bottom has fallen out of your life, or that your physician has just given you a death sentence, read this book and then read it again. This book will give you a life sentence. Joel Rothschild is one amazing man and I am in awe of his incredible willpower and his incredible capacity to love, to be love, and to spread that love. "..." His entire philosophy on life will uplift you higher than you have even been lifted before. As the longest survivor of the AIDS challenge, Joel in no way ever succumbs to the victim mentality and gleans every bit of meaning out of life in each and every day. This book will give you so much more than hope; it will give you the courage and strength to fight and to win. "..." The reader is brought into Joel's personal life, his battles, his loves, his losses, and his triumphs. His spirit is just so amazing and what is even more amazing is the spiritual transformation that Joel experiences and embraces, as he conquers one challenge after another with AIDS. He is an inspiration to both young and old. Joel shows us the meaning of living in the NOW and to appreciate everything we do have in our lives. The only time that matters is now - not the past and definitely not the future. He gently reminds us of forgiving others and most importantly, of forgiving ourselves. We forgive and we heal, we proclaim our gratitude and we value and come to appreciate life even more. "..." Joel's book shows us how to overcome all of our adversity with love, faith, and hope. After reading this book, I fell in love with Joel Rothschild all over again, and if you have not read his first book, Signals, I recommend that you run out to the nearest bookstore and read another amazing, loving book, which will equally comfort you. ...Thank you Joel for this beautiful book of hope, you truly are an inspiration to us all. You are one amazing and special person and thank you for sharing yourself with us. The world is brighter due to your presence in it.
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Summary: Hope
Review: After reading Hope I realized how insignificant the glitches (which I thought were problems)in my life really are. Knowing the suffering people with AIDS go through and everything they must endure really put things in perspective. I believe there is a message in this book for any reader who is seeking a greater understanding for compassion, inner peace and what the true meaning of unconditional love really is. When I read Hope I must admit, I cried, however the strenghts of the author filled me with light and "hope" for anything I might encounter in the future. Thank you Joel, you're truly an Angel in the lives of many people. Thank you HOPE for giving me the message I needed to hear at the time I read you.
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Summary: If there is to be only one book that you read, let it be thi
Review: After thoroughly enjoying Joel Rothschild's first book 'Signals', and having bought countless copies for friends and family, we eagerly awaited Joel's Second book 'Hope'. However, we could never have imagined how much impact this book could have. Having previously read an extract of 'Hope' from Joel's website ... and already being aware that 'Hope' was written in a different vein from 'Signals', we were totally overjoyed to find 'Hope' had surpassed all our expectations. Joel Rothschild is an inspiration to all of us, and through 'Hope' invites you into his life and it's lessons so that we can all benefit. This is NOT only a book for HIV/Aids sufferers, or a gay book, or even a book for those coping with tragedy or disease. Joel's gift is to lift his personal experiences, often poignantly described, and show they can apply to anyone. This then is a book for everyone from all walks of life young and old! This is a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting book throughout, which is a pure pleasure to read. As you turn each page you are given an insight into Joel's life and how he transformed adversity into a gift, how instead of becoming the victim, Joel chose to be the survivor and to cherish each moment life has to offer. Each page offers valuable information, insight and the realisation that it is not what happens to us but how we respond to it that truly makes the difference in our lives. If there is to be only one book that you read, let it be this one! You won't regret it for a single second, but will value it for years to come.
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Summary: Heaven on Earth
Review: December 13th, 2002
Dearest Joel,
Yesterday I finished reading Hope in 2 hours after receiving it from Amazon at a 30% discount. I started intuitively with p.100 and hit on "war" stories about their lives. Then I read from the beginning.
Within the framework of how you chose to live, your 2nd book is perfect and complete and unconditional in the choice you made. Not to be a critic, but as an observer and being unconditional love and a 2nd paradigm shifter/shaker, I do notice:
- Hope is conditional, to hope is to expect and is to live for the future. It also says that one is not fulfilled and can't be full of joy in the present, or can't feel that one is a present or that other are present(s) too. In-deed "Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die." and Dr. Jampolsky is fun of saying "change your point-of-view and your world changes".
- Your 1st mention of unconditional love appeared on p.60 as with "Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting any."
- Too often times you still believe in fighting and being a survivor. Please note "If vegetarians eat vegetables what do humanitarians eat?
- Are you still a skeptic about your marvelous Signals? And are you deeply hooked on the warmongering Western Medicine as Superman the actor is? So "How come SUPERMAN could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?"
- I don't know if you still believe that a lover is someone you own and therefore his freedom to choose is a loss rather than a present to you and to him as in p.96? Thus the episode of 12/30/1999 or "Do infants have as much fun in their infancy as adults do in adultery? and thank you for the wonderful Miracle Pets story of Billy. Naturally animals are not pets, most of them are in-deed great teachers of unconditional love and thus wisdom, they are simply more spiritually evolved than most of us humans. An animal is "A true friend knows who you are but likes you anyway."
- I would love to read more of your life since birth as you re-member it. Your choice to "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
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Summary: Hope: A Story of Triumph, delivers exactly that
Review: Hope is an inspiration to all! No matter what a persons present or past life situation, from the terminally ill, to those suffering through deep loss, to those of us who are blessed to be healthy. (As am I.) Joel has opened up his life and struggles to us to show that it is indeed possible to triumph over whatever life has to offer, transforming perceived diversities into tools for tremendous personnel growth. If you are as blessed as I am, to be in great health and have a great life, Hope will most assuredly fill you with gratitude for the blessings bestowed upon you. A wonderful book. Thank you Joel!
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Summary: A most inspirational , life affirming book!
Review: Hope, by Joel Rothschild is one of the, if not THE, most inspirational, life affirming books I have ever read. The unbelievable story of this man's life, his struggles and triumphs, has positively changed my outlook on life. This little book has opened my eyes, and has enabled me to put my own life into perspective. Joel's story, told honestly, with much heart and hope, is something that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. It has touched me deeply and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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Summary: Hope: A Story of Triumph
Review: I got hooked on Joel Rothschild's books ever since "Signals." I read "Hope" in one setting. A powerful, real, yet sensible story that touches everybody, "Hope" is a story about soul's enlightenment, about rediscovery of life's beauty. "Hope" is a lifesaver, in the most profound of the senses. It helps people become better persons. It's a must read!
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Summary: "HOPE" Triumph's !
Review: If you are looking for hope and words of wisdom from something that is taking over your life you will love this book. I read Joel's first book "Signals" and
this is the continuation of how he has made it this far in his life when everyone else gave up hope on him. It gives us all hope, and encouragement for things we must go through every day be it chronic pain, sickness, depression or like Joel himself, aids. He has fought the fight and shows us what courage and hope really are. There is alot of "Food for thought" in this book that he reminds us of and mostly that we must never give up!
I was very pleased with this book and it's message of HOPE.
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Summary: "HOPE" Triumph's !
Review: If you are looking for hope and words of wisdom from something that is taking over your life you will love this book. I read Joel's first book "Signals" and
this is the continuation of how he has made it this far in his life when everyone else gave up hope on him. It gives us all hope, and encouragement for things we must go through every day be it chronic pain, sickness, depression or like Joel himself, aids. He has fought the fight and shows us what courage and hope really are. There is alot of "Food for thought" in this book that he reminds us of and mostly that we must never give up!
I was very pleased with this book and it's message of HOPE.
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Summary: An Amazing Book and an inspiration to us all!
Review: Joel Rothschild has yet again excelled himself in writing a book for all!
I found 'SIGNALS' to be a Joy to read, but somehow Joel has gone one step further with 'HOPE' Each page has something to offer everyone, from all walks of life, all age groups; everyone will learn valuable lessons about themselves and gain inspiration to face the upheavels as well as the Joy's of our lifes path. Everyone I know who has read this book has been touched in a personal and special way thanks to Joel! I recommend this book to one and all.....
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