The Courage to Give: Inspiring Stories of People Who Triumphed Over Tragedy and Made a Difference in the World

by Jackie Waldman and Janis Leibs Dworkis

Book Overview

Author Jackie Waldman was living the "perfect" life-three healthy children, a loving husband, and her own thriving business. Then she discovered she had multiple sclerosis, and her world changed overnight. Tears, anger, and frustration took over, until one day "every piece of my life became crystal clear. I knew without a doubt exactly who I was-not a person with a disease and weak legs, but a person who has a heart filled with love and wants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157324175X
• ISBN13: 9781573241755
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A MUST Have Book for ANYONE

Highly Highly reccomend, also the great read, her last book People with MS The Courage to Give. If you have any type of adversity or illness or know of someone who is suffering, this is the cure to help them get going. Positive energy creates wellness, so do these books. A standing ovation to Jackie Waldman...Thank you so much!

great book

I can't begin to explain the way this book makes you feel. Reading this book made me want to get out in the world and do something nice for someone else. This is a book I will want to read over and over again, and HIGHLY recomend you read it!

If you need a reason, this book will give it to you!

What a wonderful book! It pushes all the right buttons, in all the right ways. What more could a reader who needs motivation ask for! These stories are phenomenal, and they deserve everyone's attention. If you have not read it, do so, and if you have think of someone you have not recommended it to, that you could. It's a message worth sending, and, as the book shows, no positive effort is ever wasted! I LOVE this book!

Truly inspirational!

Although I worked on this book with Jackie (I photographed many of the people who are profiled within), it is, of course difficult for me to be unbiased. But after meeting twenty of these exceptional people, it is hard to come away from this book untouched. They are truly an inspiration to us all, with Jackie at front of the class - leading the pack. I am thrilled to be associated with a book like this, a book that can motivate us all to get up and DO SOMETHING FOR OTHERS!

Exceptionally moving book!

This book gives hope to those who are looking for examples of how other people deal with life's challenges. This book provided me insights to the "stories-behind-the stories" and will make you think about life differently after having read this book!