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This is one of "those" books -- you know, the kind you haul with you every place you move because it is so filled with wisdom, it's like having your very own sage at hand dispensing just the right advice and asking just the right questions for every step along your life's path. I've lost count of the number of times I've picked up this book, not knowing exactly why I did, then opening to the very page I needed to read. I've given the book to every one of my friends and they have had the same experience.
Just don't expect to read it cover to cover. This is a book to savor. There are still sections in it that make me pause for days at a time while I absorb what's there on a few pages. Sometimes it isn't even a whole page that stops me. Sometimes all it takes is a single sentence.
Yep, it's that kind of book. The kind that will be a companion all along the way. Buy it. Read it. Savor it. And keep it close. You'll be glad you did.
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Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life by Gregg Levoy
Peggy Orton, February 14, 2008
This is one of "those" books -- you know, the kind you haul with you every place you move because it is so filled with wisdom, it's like having your very own sage at hand dispensing just the right advice and asking just the right questions for every step along your life's path. I've lost count of the number of times I've picked up this book, not knowing exactly why I did, then opening to the very page I needed to read. I've given the book to every one of my friends and they have had the same experience.Just don't expect to read it cover to cover. This is a book to savor. There are still sections in it that make me pause for days at a time while I absorb what's there on a few pages. Sometimes it isn't even a whole page that stops me. Sometimes all it takes is a single sentence.
Yep, it's that kind of book. The kind that will be a companion all along the way. Buy it. Read it. Savor it. And keep it close. You'll be glad you did.
(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)