Mitch Albom
American Author
| Date of Birth | : | 23 May, 1958 |
| Place of Birth | : | Passaic, New Jersey, United States |
| Profession | : | Author, Journalist, Musician |
| Nationality | : | American |
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Mitchell David Albom is an American author, journalist, and musician. As of 2021, books he had authored had sold over 40 million copies worldwide.
Early life and education
Albom was born on May 23, 1958 in Passaic, New Jersey; he lived in Buffalo, New York for a little while until his family settled in Oaklyn, New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia. He is of Jewish descent.
Albom earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1979 from Brandeis University, and after forays into music and journalism, returned to earn graduate master's degrees in journalism (at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism), and business (from Columbia University Graduate School of Business), paying his tuition in part through employment playing piano.
Charity work
"The Dream Fund", established in 1989, provides a scholarship for disadvantaged children to study the arts. "A Time to Help" which started in 1998, is a Detroit volunteer group. "S.A.Y. (Super All Year) Detroit" is an umbrella program that funds shelters and cares for the homeless. It is now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that funds numerous homeless shelters throughout the Metro Detroit area.
In 1999, Albom was named National Hospice Organization's Man of the Year. His most recent effort, A Hole in the Roof Foundation, helps faith groups of different denominations who care for the homeless repair the spaces they use. Their first project was the I Am My Brother's Keeper roof in the crumbling but vibrant Detroit church, completed in December 2009. The second project, completed in April 2010, was the rebuilding of the Caring and Sharing Mission and Orphanage. It is now called the Have Faith Haiti Mission & Orphanage, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Albom also directs the Have Faith Haiti Mission, a project whose stated objective is "dedicated to the safety, education, health and spiritual development of Haiti's impoverished children and orphans", incorporating language lessons and Christian prayer.
Personal life
Albom has been married to his wife, Janine, since 1995, and they reside in Detroit, Michigan. Albom and his wife adopted an orphan named Chika Jeune, who came to his attention as a result of his work with his Haitian orphanage. The child was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died after a two-year battle, at age 7, in 2017. His 2019 book, Finding Chika, was about the experiences with her.
Quotes
Total 30 Quotes
Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.
Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.
The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.
Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it’s hard to slow yourself down.
The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.
You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love and a peaceful heart.
Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come
Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.
...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.
