Happiness and Love is this not what life is about
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To find Friendship, Happiness and Love is this not what life is about. We all need more feel good books young and old.
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When someone is happy with their life it is hard to believe more could be better.  Hard as it is to believe love can really be the answer.
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Your book has provided concrete steps that can manifest our happiness in life. Thanks for your great work.

One thought about the chapter you have discussed about the meaning of life, that something which is bigger than our selves.

Our true nature itself is that something bigger than life and oneness with the universe. And it is beyond our mind and body. The meaning of our life, in my thinking, is to grow and to learn to reach that ultimate truth of life and serving people to do so in the process. And that state of truth is peaceful, perfect, and luminous.
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I love everything that Meshell does.  This album falls right up there at the top.  The title is Bitter but it is not all bitter.. Only you can satisfy me, only you....... this one is beautiful..  In addition, life is not all roses and sunshine.  I like music that deals with all parts of life.  Many times I have "wasted time" loving the wrong person.  This CD doesn't depress me.  It just affirms the complex issues of life.  You know the unbearable lightness of being.
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If "Doublelife" were a Hollywood movie, it would have started with the couple's whirlwind courtship and ended with their engagement. Roll credits, cue music, everyone lives happily ever after. But this isn't Hollywood and it isn't a movie. It is the real-life story of Harold Berman, a New York Jew, and Gayle Redlingshafer, a Midwestern Christian. Make no mistake, this is, at its core, a love story. But it it about love in all its forms: the love between a man and a woman; the love of family; the love of music; the love of God for his creations and of us for God.

Their story told in a series of letters to one another, Harold and Gayle bring us into their world and along on their journey from intermarried childless (by choice) couple to their ultimate destination: Observant Jewish family. Like any journey worth taking, theirs is not an easy one; there is joy, there is sadness, there is anger and there is frustration. But more than anything there is honesty, love and committment.

As Harold and Gayle's spiritual odyssey takes on a greater presence in their lives, their relationship goes through many changes. These growing pains are handled honestly. There is no "bad guy" just two people struggling to ensure that drawing closer to God does not drive them apart. As a Jew there were times I was totally on Team Harold. And as a woman there were times I was totally on Team Gayle. But in the end I found myself solidly on Team Berman Family.

I highly recommend "Doublelife".
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No surprise this book is about love. Wohlrob's characters, real and flawed, remind us that indeed there is someone out there for everyone. Yet, the true question is whether one will make the necessary sacrifices in the name of love. The final story in this collection, "Taking the Happy Bus On Home", is beautiful and reminiscent of Mishima's story "Patriotism".
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I enjoyed this book. It's about how life can truly be. I count my blessings that isn't my life. Laugh and love life!!!
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I almost let some of the negative reviews stop me from ordering this book.  People can't help comparing this to Beaches, but really, all stories are just the slight changes and reselling of others. I read this book with an open mind and found it to be the story of love and fear and the promises we make to ourselves. Yes, it does explore legal vs. moral rights and obligations, but I believe it does so fairly. Underneath it all, this is a story of the relationship between Nikki and Ari from childhood to adults. It is about how they have changed in some ways, but not in others, and what is the ultimate and inescapable ending.

Yes, it is a tearjerker, but that's ok. This book is also a celebration of life and love, family and relationships. It is not a Romance novel with a hero and heroine, just a novel about imperfect, normal people.
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I liked the story because it was not a story of "sex".  It was a story of true love between two very human people that had relationship problems because of the way they were reared.
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In a world without feeling, choice, color or difference - what is the purpose of life?  The Giver reminds the reader that pleasure is offset with pain, that perfection is only possible with imperfection, and Sameness is only possible with Difference.  The deep meaning of the book is not in the plot - it is in the remembering that memories and experiences - of all types - including the bad ones - are what make life worth living.  The experience of life is in pain as well as pleasure.  Once the door is opened to experience, the need of the life fully lived becomes evident.  A thought provoking book.
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This love story is different from most, giving dimensions of caring as well as meaning to life. It will take you to new places for your own life.
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This book is very spiritual it is what love is all about. It is about God,miracles and faith. It tells how one person with enough faith,love and devotion to God can change not one person but a whole town and for the better it lasts. It tells you that miracles do happen and listen to God with your heart not your ears....
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This book very powerfully instills in the reader a completely different way of looking at life.  So often, we become engrossed in all the modern conveniences and devices that bring instant gratification.  Because we're so busy waiting...expecting...immediate results...we miss all of the core moments and lessons in life.  It truly is these 'waiting' moments...these 'in between' times that we gain the most valuable life lessons and memories.  I walk away from this book having a newly formed love and appreciation for the little things in life.  Truly, a wonderful read.  Some of us search our entire lives for 'happiness.'  This book shows that it's right there if we just slow down and take a look.  Cherish those waiting moments...wow...what a simple, yet very difficult concept.
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The title of this book says so much. But you HAVE to read this book to feel and understand, not just the message from the author, but the fundamentals of life. Life. Live. Love. Its so simple yet we let our fears and plans get in the way. This book is excruciatingly beautiful. Its poignant. Its sweet. Its not just for the YA, its for everyone. Could not put it down.
I received this book from Booksprout for a voluntary, completely honest and non incentivized review.
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Very well written and a fun detailed read about two people navigating a new relationship and falling in love. However, it is not a typical 'love story'.
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No. life is not a Hallmark Movie.  It is a mix of humor and pathos, joy and grief, happiness, pain, sorrow and regret.

This book captures that saga of life as well as any book ever has. It is exceptional. Its shapshots of life through the eyes, ears and experiences of Olive Kitteridge and/or those who know her are memorable and meaningful.

Life changes  and our human relationships change as we "live life." This book captures the essence of being human and "living life," its ups, downs, its happiness and saddnes, its unexpected twists and turns.

 We are not all "tall, dark and handsome," or knockdown gorgeous. And we are not all sensitive, caring persons for whom life has or will turn out beautiful and wonderful in the end. We do not live "happily after," not even the happiest and most blessed of us.

Yet, there is a beauty in life that causes and enables us to endure, to carry on.  That "carrying on" is what this book is about.

One of the most readable and enjoyable Pulitizer Prize winners you will ever find..
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I was not quite sure whether the book is about death and dying covered by a love story or was it a love story that is dealing with death and dying.
After discussing the book with my daughter she brought up another angle to the book: she claimed it was about "life" and making the best of it !! "they hear ,the now,"  " living in the moment enjoying the limited time we we have in life, and making the best of it!