This is a collection of short meditations on happiness which began with the ‘Credo’ columns written for The Times.
‘In these meditations, I’ve tried to say what happiness is, how we make it, how we lose it, and how we sometimes walk past it without recognising it. We miss it by looking in the wrong places. In consuming, as if it were something we could buy. In leisure, as if it were somewhere we could escape. In changes of relationship and lifestyle, as if it were just over the horizon. It isn’t somewhere else; it’s where we are.’
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
This is a delightful collection of short pieces reflecting on life, families, children, community, faith, friendship and hope. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has rewritten his original ‘Credo’ articles and made them the starting point for this new book.
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Making a blessing over life, writes the Chief Rabbi, is the best way of turning life into a blessing. God often chooses circuitous routes, "but it helps to know that where we are, here, now, is where we need to be." And, quoting the 19th-century philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore, he adds: "We are worth what we are willing to share with others... Happiness is not made by what we own: it is what we share." Shot through with humility, humour and hope, this book is itself an act of sharing. Each of the 50-odd essays--the summation of Rabbi Sacks's own tests and tribulations--provides a rich and rewarding read to anyone with five minutes or so to spare, particularly (though not exclusively) in the throes of a fraught and frustrating day. The intimate, and often courageous, reflections of one of this country's most respected religious leaders, they constitute a powerful antidote to despair and depression, a path to happiness and peace, and a recognition, in the Chief Rabbi's words, that "life is beautiful if we open our eyes." --Meir Persoff
''I've tried to say what happiness is, how we make it, how we lose it, and how we walk past it without recognising it. Happiness isn't somewhere else; it's where we are. It isn't something we don't yet have, we do. It isn't fantasy, it's reality experienced in a certain way. Happiness is a close relative of faith.''
Following the painful loss of his father, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks began to learn how to celebrate life in a new way. He discovered where happiness lives, often in unexpected places, through family, community, friendship and responsibilities. He also found it through a more honest relationship with God who speaks to our deepest needs.
Drawn in part from his columns in 'The Times' newspaper, 'Celebrating Life' is for people of all faiths and none. It shows us how to be more human and, in becoming so, how we can touch the divine.
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