Then what
do angels leave? Angels -- perfect, unchanging, without
the ability to make of themselves more than they are --
leave us humans aware that we are unique because we
can change and grow. We do leave footsteps as
we march through life -- and one who
follows those footsteps back through the stages of our
lives, will see that we have changed.
Have we changed for the better? Lots of times. More
to the point is this question: How can we understand our
strengths so that we will know how to build on them?
What is there about us that is holding us back? How can
we leapfrog the obstacles?
Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. is a master at
answering such questions. Take the case of the lawyer
who was successful in his profession, an effective
community leader, a dynamo of energy for good causes, a
good husband and father -- but though basking in
admiration, the man felt no satisfaction in all his
triumphs. Why wasn’t he happy? Twerski shines a light on
the dark secret for him and for us, and in the process
brightens the man’s life, without diminishing his
accomplishments.
Rabbi Twerski shows us all how to see the
inner good that is obscured by the debris of everyday
life. Angels do their job and move on without leaving a
mark, but human beings stumble and scrape their knees --
and wonder if they can get anything right. They
absolutely can -- and this book proves it!
“Hopeless” is not in the Twerski vocabulary, and he
shows how to remove it from ours. In his many popular
and powerful books, he looks at life and its problems
and guides us around the pitfalls and into the sunlight.
Packed with stories, saturated with practical advice,
this book shreds the cobwebs that hobble the human
spirit and focuses on opportunity and optimism.
