This auction is for the book "Say Yes To Life" by Sidney Greenberg. This is a hardcover book, includes the dust jacket, and is in good condition. The copyright date on this book is 1982. There is a library call tag on the dust jacket and a library card holder on the inside front page. The dust jacket shows signs of wear and does have a small tear. The book does come from a non-smoking home.
The inside cover reads, "In our rapidly changing world, values nd standards of human behavior seem to change almost as quickly as technology, politics, and fashion. In face of this, it is often hard not to question the validity of those values on which we base our view of life. Is it possible to love your neighbor when the prevailing standard is keeping up with the Joneses? How can you believe in the goodness of others when people are responsible for much of what's wrong with the world?
Say Yes To Life is one man's positive and inspiring answer to such dilemmas -- a book filled with insight and wisdom to live by.
Rabbi Sidney Greenberg offers seventy-three essays celebrating his belief in the goodness of people and the beauty of life in all its variety. He is confident that the traditional values are still alive and shows how we can reinforce the strenth of these values to make life better for ourselves and others. He suggests that we can do this by using out best abilities and finest attributes -- generousity, kindness, compassion, our powers of communication, a sense of justive, our constructive human energy. We can also turn to our advantage our less-then-best qualities -- anger, envy, impatience, the tendency to doubt.
These essays, based on a series of columns in the Philadelphia Inquirer, have drawn responses from readers of all ages and all beliefs. Each one, whether it is about honesty, humility, anger, responsibility, the importance of faith, the endurance of basic values, or about making the most of our lives, speaks plainly and directly to the reader. Each is an affirmation of the basic human decency inherent in all of us.
Say Yes To Life reflects in a deep understanding of the human condition with all its pain, perplexities, and possibilities. Combining compassion, wisdom, and humor, this life-affirming volume will inspire people of every faith to believe in and bring out the best within themselves."
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