We run after values that, at the moment of death, become zero. A truly brilliant writer who became a medical researcher at UCLA, Cousins' insistent optimism is an inspiration to anyone down in the dumps. On Side B, Cousins tells how maintaining calm and confidence helped him recover from a massive heart attack. Albert T. Murphy comments compassionately on lessons gained from his life's work with special needs children and helping their parents cope.
Murphy looks at the hidden potential within all people, regardless of their present state.
Viktor Frankl in Vienna tells how, as a Jewish psychiatrist, he was imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. If you yearn for a measure of inner tranquility in a nerve-racking world, this penetrating essay on patience may be what you've been waiting for. A blind student, a harried mother, a nun and others reflect on this precious spiritual resource. Popular author Mitch Gilbert explains how an inner voice in everyone's heart functions as a kind of owner's manual to guide us through each day. Gilbert speaks with remarkable clarity in easily understood language.