"From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything." Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist -- Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds. "Old," he writes, "is just another word for nothing left...

To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the beginning of the first chapter we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where one breathes a lighter air, the air of the spiritual. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to guide us. The words themselves are the signposts. The book...

James Allen's literary essay and book As a Man Thinketh was originally published in 1903. The novel is written in terms of responsibility assumption, which is a doctrine that any person has complete responsibility for the events that happen to them. Every situation you are in is because of your choice, no other outside factors. Allen's novel takes this thought and acts as a guide for an individual to lead a more full and happy life, by using the power...

It's time to get serious about playfulness! When was the last time you felt really, truly happy? If you've ever longed to leave your exhausting days and fretful nights behind, look no further. Courtney recounts a courageous- and often hilarious!- experiment in joy and delight as she awakens to the truth that God doesn't just want us to be holy, but happy, too! A whimsical storyteller who combines witty humor and engaging research with unfettered...

b>Dick Sutphen had two very distinct careers in his lifetime. He studied art and became an Art Director and eventually opened his own studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. His second career was in Self-Help and Metaphysics. When he developed an interest in a subject, he would spend hours researching and developing his thoughts. He was introduced to hypnosis and past-life regression from an artist he employed who convinced him to go to have a past-life regression....

On January 1, 2000, Holly Pierlot pounded her fist on the kitchen table and yelled at her husband, I can't take it anymore! -- -- -- -- -- With your own Mother s Rule of Life, you ll transform motherhood and its burdens into the joyful vocation it's meant to be. Learn from Holly Pierlot how to craft a Rule that's right for you and your family. Then use that Rule to help God draw you, your husband, and each of your children into Heaven!

Wie findet man sein Glück? Was lernt man aus Niederlagen? Und wie geht man mit seinen Mitmenschen um? In spannenden persönlichen Episoden erzählt Sebastian Fitzek, was für ihn im Leben wichtig ist und wie ein glücklicher Lebensweg gelingen kann. Inspiriert wurde er zu diesem Hörbuch durch seine Rolle als Vater - und die Frage, was er seinen Kindern für das Leben mitgeben würde, wenn ihm nicht mehr viel Zeit bliebe. So ist "Fische, die auf...

"Your diamonds are not in far-away mountains or in distant seas," assures the author of this self-help classic, "they are in your own backyard if you will but dig for them." Profound, yet easy to read, Acres of Diamonds addresses the relationship between spiritual and material desires, providing practical guidance on finding riches in your own backyard by opening your mind and making the most of your circumstances. Russell H. Conwell, the founder...

As Chika's boundless optimism and humor teach Mitch the joys of caring for a child, he learns that a relationship built on love, no matter what blows it takes, can never be lost. Told in hindsight, and through illuminating conversations with Chika herself, this is Albom at his most poignant and vulnerable. Finding Chika is a celebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond they formed, a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what...

«Les principes contenus dans ce livre ont été réunis à partir de l'expérience de plus de 500 hommes qui ont réellement accumulé de grandes richesses. Des gens qui ont d'abord été pauvres, qui n'avaient reçu que peu d'éducation et qui n'ont bénéficié d'aucune relation influente. Ces principes ont bien servi ces hommes. Vous pouvez les mettre à profit vous-même. Et vous trouverez que c'est beaucoup plus facile que difficile.» L'ouvrage...