Rabbi Irwin Kula, president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and acclaimed writer and editor Linda Loewenthal explore the defining human experience of yearning. Reminding us that we are meant to discover our purpose in life, they provide rich stories that inspire and illuminate.Their passionate teachings are eloquently expressed in this enlightening book on handling the challenges of everyday life. "Irwin Kula shows us how to live our humanness-the pleasures and the challenges, the messiness and the triumphs-with a profound acceptance of our desires and foibles and a joy that can only come from understanding."-Deepak Chopra