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Summary: My Grandfather's Blessings
Review: Here is one for the heart. No platitudes, no easy fixes for life, no Guru-ship; just the simple act of telling these life-affirming stories, by a woman of autnentic wisdom. I read this one from cover to cover in one sitting and felt I had taken some mind-altering drug. I had. It was in the pages of this eloquent and moving examination of how we are blessed and how we bless each other. Here is the fractal patterning of this experience we call living and Dr. Remem has revealed it, for all of us to see. We should all bless her for this medicine.
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Summary: Wisdom combined with love
Review: I am impressed by how wonder-ful this book is. The book provides brief and easily-read vignettes which can be reflected upon over several hours, and which make excellent points of focus for meditation or for prayer. One can see the blessings follow Dr Rehmen throughout the book. She begins as an appreciative young child who is blessed to spend time with her beloved, wise, and cherished grandfather. She uses her grandfather's advice as she travels through adolescence, through her studies in medicine, and then through her teaching and healing years. One can follow the advice of her grandfather and her character development too, and how important love and wisdom are to a person at any stage of life. The love and wisdom spoken of here are not something she owns or acquires, but are something which she participates in, adds to, and then returns to the source. I think you will find this a loving and wise work, and that you will be happy you have shared with her.
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Summary: My Grandfather's Blessings: A Reader's Reflection
Review: I became aware of this book last fall and it caught my interest. I read it and evey page was filled with insights and before I knew it, I had post-it notes throughout the entire book. Rachel speaks many truths. As a Doctor, as a Counselor, as a person who struggles with her own health, I felt that she was a long lost friend. Her words are touching and made me think about my own life, my own struggles and my own blessings. Our background is similar. Rachel had a grandfather, I had a grandmother. A grandmother who believed in a force greater than herself. I was blessed by her presence, her love and her ability to enjoy her life through her children and grandchildren. My love for my faith is a testament of this woman. Her struggles, her disappointments did not deter her from her Orthodox Judaism. In fact, her belief was strengthen by life's challenges. As I read of Rachel's grandfather, I thought of my "Bubbi" (Yiddish for Grandmother)and her ongoing committment to Judaism. Those of you who want to read a book about love, about life, about making a difference in the world, I recommend this book highly. Thanks.
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Summary: Warmth and Wisdom are Remen's Gifts
Review: I have read and heard Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen and she writes like she speaks-from the heart. Her ability to transform Jewish wisdom and humor into the language of the heart is her special gift to all who read her stories. She offers us hope, healing, and a lens through which to view our own lives as a source of infinite blessings.
Amy Hirshberg Lederman, author of "To Life! Jewish Reflections on Everyday Living"
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Summary: My Grandfathers Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It reminded me that true blessings in life can be found right where you are, in spite of your circumstance. It's a series of true short stories about life experiences. Each story has its own thought provoking way to view life. It's about lessons learned in both good and difficult times and seeing the value of finding a way through the difficult times by what you've learned in the good times. It's a book about hope. It lives up to its title of stories about strength, refuge and belonging and has something to offer every reader. It shows how loving-kindness is essential in finding the path to knowing peace and joy in life.
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Summary: My Grandfather's Blessings a true gift.
Review: I've been reading, My Grandfather's Blessings, by Rachel Remen.A lovely reminder to open to the everyday, constant blessingsavailable to us in each moment. Her rich storytelling and wisdom pour out of the pages, anointing the reader with blessings...
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Summary: Profoundly moving and inspirational
Review: In "My Grandfather's Blessings," Dr. Rachel Remen uses stories of her rabbi grandfather, her patients and herself to illustrate ways in which illness and death can bring hope, insight, and transformation into peoples' lives. She gives especial attention to the conflicts between the way in which science and medicine has been traditionally practiced and religion and spirituality. This book is a wonderful, luminous primer for restoring a sense of soul to science. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: This book is a blessing
Review: My friend Stacey gave me this book as a birthday present last year. It is the greatest gift I have ever received, and I am not just saying that. I managed to only pick it up every now and then and read a story or two and force myself to put it down. I wanted it to last. Each time I needed to hear something, I relied on it. I made it last one year, until my next birthday this year. I moved to Switzerland a year ago which sounds glamourous, but it is difficult to leave your home country. This book made my life here, easier and more comforting. Because of this book, I appreciate my new experiences and now consider myself blessed to live here. Dr. Remen is an artist of human emotion and can help anyone feel loved, blessed and that they belong, no matter where in the world they live.
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Summary: If you seek meaning & affirmation in life, read Dr. Hemen
Review: MY GRANDFATHER'S BLESSINGS is a sincere, authentic book of thoughts and stories for people of all faiths. In her gentle, readable prose, she writes compellingly of her wonderful grandfather, her cancer patients, and other friends from her rich and creative life. All readers will find inspiration and soulful entertainment in this book, which demonstrates repeatedly that serious illness -- even cancer -- can be a valuable source of understanding and appreciation. MY GRANDFATHER'S BLESSINGS is not another trivial New Age tract. I recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: A Treasure
Review: My Grandfather's Blessings now sits on my night stand and I frequently reread chapters at random. It doesn't matter where I drop in...Rachel Remen speaks to my soul. This book is profoud and filled with truth. It brings me quickly to what is truly important in life. It gives me much to chew on and always it inspires me to be a better and more aware human being. I wish I had this book when my children were small. I'm glad I have it now. I am back purchasing it for another I care deeply about. It is a treasure and one I shall keep with me always.
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