Have a Little Faith

What is the first thing comes to your mind when someone asking you to do his/her eulogy? You might be shocked, but will you refuse to do so?

This book is based on Mitch's true story. An 82 years old rabbi, Reb from Mitch's old hometown askes him to deliver his eulogy and Mitch accepts his request. For understanding the man better, Mitch begins to visit him oftenly. They talk about almost everything and they debate or discuss some big ideas or small ones. From that time, Mitch learns about his christinity life, and explores how to endure when difficult things happen; what heaven is; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times.

I remember Reb tells a story. A salesman knocks on a door and offers a smile. Until one day, the customer gets so fed up with the salesman's persistance, he opens the door and spits on the salesman's face. He takes out his handkerchief and wipe away, smiles again and says "It must be raining".
Reb says this is what Faith is.

Inside this book, I really love one of the conversations and it is about marriage. Reb's wife says "On Monday you get twenty great minutes, on Tuesday you get a great hour, all add up to something beautiful."

"The trick is when thing aren't so great, you dont't junk the whole thing. It's okay to have an argument. It's okay that the other one nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It's part of being close to someone. But the joy you get from that same closeness - when you watch your children, when you wake up and smile at each other - that, as our tradition teaches us, is a blessing. And those kind of happiness you cannot find alone."


In the end, as Reb nears death, Mitch sadly fulfills the last request and writes the eulogy. And finally, he understands what all this man had teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing something actually is bigger than yourself.