Life's Pathway: Inspirations to Fire the Soul - Thoughts for Each Day (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478738015)

One story rises above the rest of the voices that cry for recognition. It is the narrative of the most critical person in history. Yours. Does this sound grandiose? Pompous? Self-centered? The world continues to contract with a burgeoning population, competing Tweets and Facebook blurbs, and ongoing brutal and senseless acts of terror. It becomes increasingly difficult to find our voice and purpose among the relentless barrage of 24/7 noise. Our sense of purpose diminishes proportionately to the endless chatter. And yet, the wisest voices of the past come forward to remind us that each life has a unique purpose, which is never repeated throughout the long epochs of humanity. No one's life an accident, a throw of the dice. The opposite is true. They whisper to us, our life's tasks are vital. We instinctively know this as we pursue to the answer to the question, "What am I supposed to do with my life?" Throughout our days we periodically ask this question, knowing that its answer will yield the ultimate reason for being. Living: A Jewish Thought Each Day is the book that responds to the question with life affirming statements from the Bible, the first and second centuries in ancient Israel and Babylonia to medieval times. Case argues that every person can maximize his or her life's potential by using the sage aphorisms and counsel that have been handed down through generations and delivered in this book. Inside you will find simple, straightforward advice on such subjects dealing with how to deal with people, who are upsetting, overcoming personal fears, finding joy in a gray world, the limits of our power and learning to live with the most complex person of all, you. Drawing upon advice given by masters of great learning academies, most of which existed two thousand years ago in ancient Babylonia, the reader finds that times have changed but the human condition has not. The stratagems of prior generations resonate powerfully today. It is as if they delibera

Author: Jonathan Case
ISBN-10: 1478738014
ISBN-13: 9781478738015
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Language: English
Published: 12/26/2014
Pages: 420
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.86d