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 Other's stories make an impact December 1, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like to read stories of how others travel the hills and valleys of life, this book is for you! Dr. Waldinger has collected his patients' stories and added his own salient observations and his poetry to deepen our appreciation for the lives of others. Many of the patients give their own insights and words of wisdom to enrich their stories. The Depression, the wars, the boom times -- they are all here in the words of his patients. If you are a professional, or deal with the public in any way, after reading this book you'll have a new appreciation for those whom you serve. You'll be reminded that everyone has a story of life, and even the "ordinary" stories have meaning. For myself after reading the book, I've tried to follow in Dr. Waldinger's footsteps -- I now try to learn more about others, including my own family. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
Touching, helps put own life in view. November 11, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Tom, book is one of those books you can pick up and read to get built up.You also recieve a postive view on life. As you read the diffrent chapters, the poems and the thoughts, that have gone into this book you begin to experience the truth that still exist in today society. That there are other people who want to raise there family in the right. Giving their children the tools to deal with today society. I would read Tom book when thing are hard when things are easy and walk away with knowing how blessed we can be. Tom has brought together the love for people and the care that we all need to have to exist in today world. I give Tom a high five in being honest and loving to all he meets. His family is truely blessed to have a husband and father like him.
 A book about ordinary people finding joy and purpose in lif November 10, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At a time when we are bombarded with a torrent of moral condemnation for society in today's America, Tom Waldinger's compilation of his patient's philosophies for living and overcoming life's difficulties reads like a breath of fresh air. What promises to be a book of mundane stories of boring people's lives turns out to be an invigorating revelation of how ordinary people finding meaning in life and, in some cases, overcoming enormous obstacles to live joyful, fulfilling, thankful lives. There is a fundamental earthiness to these simple declarations that gives substance to what most of us still believe, that despite all we read, hear, and see our country still derives a great deal of its strength from basic values of faith, family, and an undying optimism for the future.
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