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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



5 Oct 2009

It is never too late

This morning, I came across an event listing at a synagogue where Mitch Albom will be discussing his latest book "Have a Little Faith" in a few days time. Curious to find out more about the theme of the book, I found a book review. The following text contains a few excerpts from the review.
"Albom’s first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an 82-year-old rabbi from Albom’s old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.
Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he’d left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor – a reformed drug dealer and convict – who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof.
....As America struggles with hard times and people turn more to their beliefs, Mitch and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man....
...In the end, as the rabbi nears death and a harsh winter threatens the pastor’s wobbly church, Albom sadly fulfills the last request and writes the eulogy. And he finally understands what both men had been teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing in something bigger than yourself.
Have a Little Faith is a book about a life’s purpose; about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man’s journey, but it is everyone’s story."
http://mitchalbom.com/books/node/5515#
While not being able to recommend the book, since I haven't read it and am unsure of whether the author's views are according to halacha, the messages in the review and in the video link below are inspiring. In the video, the author's message comes across loud and clear. "It is never too late to turn your life around."

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