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Discover how giving of yourself can lead to some of the most joyous moments in your lifein a book that deserves a special place on that shelf reserved for truly practical wisdom" (Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People ). Not a day goes by without our being called upon to help one another--at home, at work, on the street, on the phone. We do what we can. Yet so much comes up to complicate this natural response: "Will I have what it takes?" "How much is enough?" "How can I deal with suffering?" "And what really helps, anyway?" In this practical helper's companion, the authors explore a path through these confusions, and provide support and inspiration for us in our efforts as members of the helping professions, as volunteers, as community activists, or simply as friends and family trying to meet each other's needs. Here too are deeply moving personal accounts: A housewife brings zoo animals to lift the spirits of nursing home residents; a nun tends the wounded on the first night of the Nicaraguan revolution; a police officer talks a desperate father out of leaping from a roof with his child; a nurse allows an infant to spend its last moments of life in her a

Who reads How can I help? : stories and reflections on service?

Author

Ram Dass and Paul Gorman

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307809636

Category

religious

Subjects

Self Help, Fiction, Psychology

Rating

4.13 / 5 (532 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14