pickThis was a lovely, quiet and thoughtful book. Reading it felt like a meditation on grief and human connection. Beautifully written and very atmospheric.
Photo is a bunch of miniature roses from a friend 😍
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pickThis was a lovely, quiet and thoughtful book. Reading it felt like a meditation on grief and human connection. Beautifully written and very atmospheric.
Photo is a bunch of miniature roses from a friend 😍
pickI‘ve been listening to this a chapter a day for the last few weeks and enjoyed it. As @Lcsmcat said it‘s more of a memoir than an instruction manual but I liked the stories. I‘m almost always interested in stories of women in power and how they got there. I wish she would do an update for the year 2025.
pickThe mice did freak me out a bit…..otherwise, a quiet novel packing a punch about life.
Don‘t we all wish we could disengage sometimes. And that we knew how to handle grief and dying. And that we‘d always done the right thing at the right time.
But my bookmark is perfect ❤️
"All men see the same objects, but do not equally understand them. Intelligence is the tongue that discerns and tastes them, Knowledge is the Light of Heaven, Love is the Wisdom and Glory of God, Life extended to all objects is the sense that enjoys them. So that Knowledge, Life, and Love are the very means of all enjoyment, which above all things we must seek for and labour after."
-Thomas Traherne, "Centuries of Meditations"
So remember Me; I will remember you. Be thankful to Me, and never ungrateful. 2:152
pickI love this book. I read it every year. Leo Tolstoy‘s Confession is a deeply personal account of his battle with depression and search for meaning. He describes feeling lost, overwhelmed by doubt, and consumed by despair, even contemplating suicide. Yet, through his struggle, he eventually finds hope in a simple, faith-filled life. While I‘m agnostic I am envious of people of faith. People who have true inner peace. I can‘t imagine the feeling.
#two4tuesday
1- yoga, snuggle my son, spend time outdoors, pray, word vomit to my bff 😂
2- depends on why I need the peace- I‘m a mood reader so my peace generating reads are also mood driven 😂 @TheSpineView
1. As a very anxious person, I use several different practices for inner peace. Going for walks, meditating, journaling, and drawing are my go-to methods. I do these things regularly and that helps, but I‘ll do them more when I‘m anxious or feeling down.
2. The tagged book and “Upstream” by Mary Oliver (as well as any of her poetry) are my top reads to help with inner peace.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
Recent acquisition:
📖 The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible by Harold Bloom
pickMore a memoir than an instruction manual, but a heartening and inspiring book for our times. #BeBrave Thanks for coming along for the ride @kspenmoll @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk
