I like the books written by Mitch Albom. He has published 4 books only but I have read all of them. His books are not didactic. They are stories, some are real, to let you think, to inspire you and to move you to tears.
In “Have a Little Faith”, the story begins with Mitch Albom being asked by an 82-year-old rabbi to deliver his eulogy. To prepare for this, Albom had to meet the rabbi regularly. Meeting the “man of faith”, Albom has in fact taken a journey to explore issues we all face every day – life purpose, death, marriage, forgiveness, happiness, friendship, cynicism, faith and so on.
Faith is not in a box. In our lives, god is always there. It is just that if we are sensitive enough to “feel” god is around.
I like a paragraph towards the end of the story:
Have you ever known a man of faith? Did you run the other way? If so, stop running. Maybe sit for a minute. For a glass of ice water. For a plate of corn bread. You may find there is something beautiful to learn, and it doesn’t bite you and it doesn’t weaken you, it only proves a divine spark lies inside each of us, and that spark may one day save the world.
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