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Overcoming Life's Disappointments

Learning from Moses How to Cope with Frustration

By Harold S. Kushner

By Harold S. Kushner

By Harold S. Kushner

By Harold S. Kushner

By Harold S. Kushner
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By Harold S. Kushner
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By Harold S. Kushner
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By Harold S. Kushner
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    About Overcoming Life’s Disappointments

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “No human relationship is without betrayal, irritation and annoyance, but Kushner makes clear that it’s what we do about such obstacles that matter” (Los Angeles Times Book Review) in this best-selling guide to being your best self, even when things don’t turn out as you’d hoped.

    The beloved author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner here turns to the experience of Moses to find the requisite lessons of strength and faith—the lessons that teach us how to overcome the disappointments that life inherently brings. We can learn how to meet all disappointments with faith in ourselves and the future, and how to respond to heartbreak—how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of a lost job, divorce or abandonment, illness, and more—with understanding rather than bitterness and despair. With Kushner’s signature warmth, Overcoming Life’s Disappointments is a book of spiritual wisdom—as practical as it is inspiring.

    About Overcoming Life’s Disappointments

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “No human relationship is without betrayal, irritation and annoyance, but Kushner makes clear that it’s what we do about such obstacles that matter” (Los Angeles Times Book Review) in this best-selling guide to being your best self, even when things don’t turn out as you’d hoped.

    The beloved author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner here turns to the experience of Moses to find the requisite lessons of strength and faith—the lessons that teach us how to overcome the disappointments that life inherently brings. We can learn how to meet all disappointments with faith in ourselves and the future, and how to respond to heartbreak—how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of a lost job, divorce or abandonment, illness, and more—with understanding rather than bitterness and despair. With Kushner’s signature warmth, Overcoming Life’s Disappointments is a book of spiritual wisdom—as practical as it is inspiring.

    About Overcoming Life’s Disappointments

    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.

    About Overcoming Life’s Disappointments

    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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    See all books by Harold S. Kushner

    Also by Harold S. Kushner

    Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life
    The Book of Job
    Conquering Fear
    The Lord Is My Shepherd
    When Bad Things Happen to Good People
    See all books by Harold S. Kushner

    Also by Harold S. Kushner

    Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life
    The Book of Job
    Conquering Fear
    The Lord Is My Shepherd
    When Bad Things Happen to Good People
    See all books by Harold S. Kushner

    About Harold S. Kushner

    Harold S. Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

    About Harold S. Kushner

    Harold S. Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

    About Harold S. Kushner

    Harold S. Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

    About Harold S. Kushner

    Harold S. Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, having long served that congregation. He is best known as the author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People.

    Product Details

    Category: Religion | Personal Growth

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Anchor
    Aug 21, 2007 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400033362

    Category: Religion | Personal Growth

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Anchor
    Aug 15, 2006 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780307265500

    Category: Religion | Personal Growth | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 15, 2006 | 364 Minutes | ISBN 9781415936139

    Category: Religion | Personal Growth | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 15, 2006 | 240 Minutes | ISBN 9780739333204
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    Praise

    “No human relationship is without betrayal, irritation and annoyance, but Kushner makes clear that it’s what we do about such obstacles that matter.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

    “Compassionate and wise, Rabbi Kushner is a master of the story that heals.”—Deborah Tannen, author of You’re Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation

    “An articulate, no-nonsense treatise…. A readably inspirational homily leavened with subtle humor…. Kushner’s book can serve to fortify us in times of loss and frustration.”—The Jerusalem Report

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