One Life to Give A Path to Finding Yourself by Helping Others

by Bienkowski, Andrew; Livingston, Gordon; Akers, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781615190089
• ISBN10: 1615190082
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: The Experiment

Summary

Find Yourself by Helping Others#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;Life Lessons from an Extraordinary Story of Sacrifice and Survival In the winter of 1939, five-year-old Andrew Bienkowski was exiled to Siberia with his family. The two years of struggle that followed#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;especially his grandfather#xE2;#xAC;"s amazing act of sacrifice during their first long, cold winter#xE2;#xAC;#x1D;have informed the rest of Andrew#xE2;#xAC;"s life. Thanks to his devoted mother, his quick-witted grandmother, and the unexpected kindness of strangers, Andrew established an approach to life that emphasizes helping others as the essential path to finding our greatest human fulfillment.

Author Biography

Andrew Bienkowski, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served in the Korean War, worked as a psychologist for 40 years, including 32 years for New York state, designing and implementing mental-health programs and working directly with patients. This is his first book. He lives near Buffalo, New York. Mary Akers's fiction, poetry, and non-fiction have appeared in many journals and anthologies. She is the author of a short story collection, Women Up On Blocks, from Press 53. Although raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, which she will always call home, she currently lives in western New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Authors' Notes	p. xv
Radical Gratitude	p. 1
We Are All Connected	p. 16
Listen Intently and You Will Learn	p. 32
Showing Understanding Is the Greatest Gift	p. 44
Hope Can See You through the Toughest Times	p. 57
Perseverance: The "Teeth" of Hope	p. 70
Find the Courage to Be (Yourself)	p. 84
A Sense of Humor Can Save Your Life	p. 97
Empowering Others Is the Best Way to Help Them	p. 111
Have Faith	p. 128
Choose the Right Source of Motivation	p. 141
Be Kind	p. 154
To Find Peace, Let Go	p. 168
Love Is the Opposite of Fear	p. 185
Epilogue	p. 203
Reader's Guide	p. 209
Acknowledgments	p. 211
About the Authors	p. 217
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