Apr 01, 2001 | ISBN 9781573228565
“This book is a gift to the world—which it is sure to bless.”—Christiane Northrup, M.D., bestselling author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
“The stories in My Grandfather’s Blessings are simple and profound, with healing lessons for all of us.”—Andrew T. Weil, M.D.
“Rachel Naomi Remen is nature’s gift to us, a genius of that elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart. She has much to teach us about healing, loving, and living.”—Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence
“Rachel Naomi Remen has done it again. My Grandfather’s Blessings is a massage to the heart. It is a wonderful book.”—Marianne Williamson, bestselling author of Illuminata
“This lovely book, like its author, is itself a blessing. Where some doctors treat symptoms, Dr. Remen heals souls.”—Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
“A lovely, warm, inspiring book for the soul.”—Caroline Myss, bestselling author of Anatomy of the Spirit and Why People Don’t Heal
“Through a series of unpretentious, affecting vignettes, the author of the bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom encourages readers to recognize and celebrate the unexpected blessings in their own lives…She gently illustrates her advice through simple yet powerful stories…[an] exceptional book.”—Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
My Grandfather’s BlessingsIntroduction
I. Receiving Your Blessings
Blessing
Wrestling with the Angel
The Shell Game
The Spice of Life
Lot’s Wife
Having What You Have
Letting Go
Owning
Keeping It Together
At the End of the Day
Remembering
Getting Real
What Matters
Teachers Everywhere
You Have to Be Present to Win
Knowing the Heart
Counting Your Chickens
L’Chaim!
II. Becoming a Blessing
Getting It Right
The Gift
Being Used
Seeing the Buddha Seed
Simply Natural
All in the Family
Transmission
Bearing Witness
The Trajectory
Holding On to the Heart
Lost and Found
Finding New Eyes
Strengthening Life
The Friend
Wisdom
III. Finding Strength, Taking Refuge
The Meeting Place
Pearls of Wisdom
The Way Through
Right Protection
From the Heart
Wholeness
The Link
Getting Clear
Being Fed
When Somebody Knows
A Place of Refuge
Coming Home
In the Gray Zone
Finding the Center
In the Beginning
Call Home
Broken
Promises, Promises
IV. The Web of Blessings
Belonging
Lifeline
Learning to Serve
We Are Enough
Finding the Connection
Breathing In and Breathing Out
The Gift of Service
Fellow Travelers
The Laying on of Hands
Choosing Your Battles
Heaven and Hell
The Wise Man
How the World Is Made
One Little Candle
Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
V. Befriending Life
The Game
Knowing Life
Loving Life
Eggs
Finding the Way
When It Works
Habit
The Gift of New Eyes
Making a Difference
The Bottom Line
Crazy Clean
Integrity
The Path
A Matter of Life and Death
The Mirror
Who Serves?
Beyond the American Way
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Forgiveness
The Gift of the Magi
Completion
Celebration
VI. Restoring the World
Lineage
Beyond Words
The Final Patient
Mystery
A Question of Style
On the Cutting Edge
Mary
After Dark
The Thirty-six
Finding Safety
The Way It Is
The Presence of God
The Friction in the System
The Reward
The Real Story
Acknowledgments
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