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Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:45 am  |
I was just wondering, after reading Dahli's reply to cortigirl's 'a new earth' post, what you have read that has helped change your life. (In many ways reading this forum has changed our skincare habits etc, but that doesn't count okay!  )
I was reading "Don't sweat the small stuff in love" in the plane on my way to Bangkok last year and the guy sitting next to me said "I don' think we need these books, it's all common sense isn't it?" I just shrugged and ignored him because I was enjoying the book so much. More than that, common sense though it may be, I never saw that I could manage my relationships much better that way, by 'not sweating the small stuff'. And since the book, I've become more relaxed and less likely to waste my energy on or get upset by petty things (wait skincare is NOT petty okay...)
What have you read that has changed your life? |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:14 am |
| "Toxic Parents" by Susan Forward, Ph.D. |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:18 am |
Have you read "The Four Agreements" http://www.miguelruiz.com/fouragreements.html -- for me, this book was life changing, and after I read it, I bought copies for all my girlfriends.
I also recommend "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert -- if you haven't read this one yet, the best words I can use to describe it are "exquisite" and "delectable". It's a beautifully written rendering of an equally beautiful story: http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/eatpraylove.htm |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:44 am |
I read a book about over coming my fear of flying, and its actually worked. I flew to Kirun in Sweden, which was 3 flights from the UK there and back and I was so scared. Vommited on flights one and 2 but by the third one I was loving it. I just remembered what it said in the book about turbulence and all the others advice and just took it on board. Now im 8 weeks away from an 8 hour flight to New York. Mind, theres still time to get scared - especially as Im flying on Friday 13th   |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:36 am |
I agree that Eat, Pray, Love was an EXCELLENT book! This book "the new earth" that i'm reading at the moment is actually quite amazing. I honestly didn't think it would open my eyes as much as it has within 40 pages then it has!
It's hard to explain but I enjoy how the book explains why we do the things we do. How we worry so much about material stuff... and our ego, etc. And I always thought I was the only person that was weird and had a little voice talking all the time in my head haha. I am definitely wrong!
You all should check it out. Whatever books people have enjoyed on this thread, I will definitely look into after i'm finished reading this one. I do love reading, but it's so hard to choose a good one! |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:38 am |
| Cindi wrote: |
| I read a book about over coming my fear of flying, and its actually worked. I flew to Kirun in Sweden, which was 3 flights from the UK there and back and I was so scared. Vommited on flights one and 2 but by the third one I was loving it. I just remembered what it said in the book about turbulence and all the others advice and just took it on board. Now im 8 weeks away from an 8 hour flight to New York. Mind, theres still time to get scared - especially as Im flying on Friday 13th |
Aww, sorry to hear that you were sick a few times while flying! I guess next time you should bring a gravol just in case! I have to bring those things EVERYWHERE, lol! |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:46 pm |
| Cathy_Jean...The Four Agreements was AWESOME!!! A friend of mine loaned it to me and I just loved it. I now have it on my mp3 player and every now and then listen to it for a pick me up. Very good stuff... |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:05 pm |
I'm not sure if I can actually say that this book changed my life in any major way since I was already a vegetarian when I got my hands on it, but even so, "They Shall Not Hurt or Destroy: Animal Rights and Vegetarianism in the Western Religious Tradition" by Vasu Murti had a HUGE impact on me.
http://www.amazon.com/They-Shall-Not-Hurt-Destroy/dp/0971667616/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208387612&sr=1-2
It's very interesting to see someone draw such a clear connection between western religions (especially Christianity) and animal rights. My husband read this too, and while he's not a vegetarian, he was very moved by what this book had to say. There are so many beautiful and thought-provoking quotes in this book that I felt compelled to go through it with a hi-lighter--- something I NEVER do.
I particularly love this quote from Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov: "Love all God's creation. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light! Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love. Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent." |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:09 pm |
| Core Transformation made such a difference in my life. |
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:35 pm |
skincarefreak: in what way, if you don't mind sharing?
I envy people who can move people through their writing. I teach, so in a way I guess I do make a difference in people's lives because I am very passionate about teaching and my students. A number of them have become close friends, too.
Anyways, back on topic, Anne of Green Gables isn't something you would call a self help book but it taught me patience and the importance of a good sense of humour. It also got me interested in teaching, which I eventually took up! Read it over and over, even as an adult. I swear I must make it to PEI one day! |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:08 am |
Besides 'A New Earth', the book that made the biggest impact on me was 'Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking' Being a committed two pack a dayer, for 30 some years, I thought I'd never quit. Reading that stopped me in my tracks - overnight - cold turkey... etc. Truly stunning to me and all those who knew me.
It's worked for six members of my extended family as well, and we are now a non-smoking family for more than seven years. Very cool.
Edited to add, while waiting at the dentist yesterday a woman across the room was reading A New Earth, so I gleefully opened a conversation with her, a complete stranger and we connected in such a remarkable and joyful way the rest of the room must have wondered 'what the he**?' It was so fun and I'm sure a few others thought about checking into it as they asked to see the cover! Fabulous!!  |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:27 am |
Manslayerliz: Brothers Karamazov is my fav book ever. It's very heavy in some ways lots of symbolism but unlike most in this vein it's strangely uplifting.
I saw a review of the book "Three Cups of Tea" this morning. Having a rather jaundiced view of most humans at the moment it restored my faith that some people do truely wonderful things (look it up on the WEB). |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:45 pm |
| sharky wrote: |
Manslayerliz: Brothers Karamazov is my fav book ever. It's very heavy in some ways lots of symbolism but unlike most in this vein it's strangely uplifting.
I saw a review of the book "Three Cups of Tea" this morning. Having a rather jaundiced view of most humans at the moment it restored my faith that some people do truely wonderful things (look it up on the WEB). |
Sharky--- very heavy is right, but it's always had a place in my heart. I actually first read the above quote in "Watership Down" of all places, and it has haunted me ever since. |
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:34 pm |
| kittylove wrote: |
| "Toxic Parents" by Susan Forward, Ph.D. |
I have this book! Maybe I should read it again. I am going something difficult right now with my parents.
This small book really touches me deeply: Finding Strength in Difficult Times (A book of Meditations) by David Viscott.
It's all common sense, but sometimes I need a reminder. |
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:16 am |
"You can heal your life" by Louise L Hay.
"Absolute Happiness" by Michael Rowland.
The first one was like a foundation for changing the way I felt about myself and the second one was a deeper look at finding permanent happiness and had some really interesting techniques. |
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Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:35 pm |
Recently, I read "Tuesdays With Morrie" which I found really inspiring..The Chronicles of Narnia Series hooked me when I was 10 years old..I've been reading like a mad woman ever since - I don't think I could name a most inspiring (or even a favourite) book..I love and am inspired by so many books...books affect me in much the same way as music..It is great!
Pudoodles |
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:21 pm |
| I just recently have found time to read again as my little ones have become school age. So, I have joined a book club and this month the members are reading Color of Water! I was not too excited since I like John Gresham type books. Well I was so surprised how much I liked this book. It is a wonderful true story of survival which is filled with laughter, sorrow, hardship, pain and success! |
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:00 am |
| Women Who Love Too Much turned it all around for me! |
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Fri May 02, 2008 9:33 am |
| Amen to Eat, Pray, Love but I think you have to be at or past a certain stage in life, have to have experienced some pain, to really love it. My ex "soon to be daughter-in-law" read it and didn't get it. |
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Sat May 03, 2008 10:58 am |
| Nanapost wrote: |
| Amen to Eat, Pray, Love but I think you have to be at or past a certain stage in life, have to have experienced some pain, to really love it. My ex "soon to be daughter-in-law" read it and didn't get it. |
I'm 24 and i totally can appreciate the book! I definitely recommend it to everyone. But some people young or old may just not ready for something like this. I found it truly inspiring! |
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Tue May 06, 2008 4:21 pm |
| The book "Feeling Good" by David Burns was probably the book that changed me the most. I read it as part of my training (I'm a psychologist) and I just kept seeing myself everywhere in the book. It a "self-help" interpretation of a very effective psychotherapy. The book reviews some of the common ways that we "distort" how we think about what is going on around us, how these thought distortions influence our moods, and how we can "debate" ourselves to view the world differently and improve our mood. It's quite simple and very effective. It's a popular book and probably in most public libraries. |
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Fri May 09, 2008 7:15 pm |
| Eat, Pray and Love is a fabulous book- I can't recommend it highly enough! |
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Sun May 11, 2008 5:08 pm |
| skincarefreak wrote: |
| Core Transformation made such a difference in my life. |
Steve and Connirae are awesome!!!
They're right here in Boulder--have you read "Six Blind Elephants?"
Here's a link:
http://www.steveandreas.com/
The first book(s) that changed my life were the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The day I was born, my Dad threw the television set away and bought a set of these. My parents were ballroom dancers and slept late, so I'd get up, make my own cereal, and there was nothing to entertain me but these heavy books!
Monkeys, typewriters, Shakespeare...I started kindergarten reading at a college level and everyone hailed me as a genius
 Nope, just sheer boredom, childish inquisitiveness...and nekkid pictures lol.
After that, I remember reading John Steinbeck's "East Of Eden" while walking to school. I couldn't put it down.
"Atlas Shrugged" was next, equally thick, and though I didn't even notice at the time, as much a paradigm for capitalism as "East Of Eden" was for socialism.
Nowadays I read nonfiction...self-help and social activism stuff. I wish someone would market stick-on book jackets to cover up what I'm reading when the titles are kind of embarrassing!
Great books, silly titles:
"Getting The Love You Want" is Harville Hendrix's excellent explanation of why we're inevitably attracted to the love partners who drive us really, really crazy
"Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway!" by Susan Jeffers could cure more worldwide depression and procrastination than anything else, I swear.
And from trying to understand why the court system here in Denver rewards habitual criminals and punishes their poor victims:
"And Justice For Some" by Wendy Murphy.
"Without Conscience: The Disturbing World Of Psychopaths Among Us" written by Robert Hare, PhD. His excellent website, www.hare.org is familiar to those in the criminal justice system in most of the world, yet somehow the U.S. feels it "infringes on criminal's rights" to test, diagnose, and label monsters wearing false human masks as dangerous psychopaths!
I give away copies of the last two books like candy at Halloween. Everyone in the whole District Attorney's Office here has a copy by now. But still, they're more concerned about prosecuting elementary school principals who ignore first-graders kissing than they are with slapping felonies on habitual violent offenders.
Moving to Canada soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon... |
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Sun May 11, 2008 11:47 pm |
| Juliemarie wrote: |
| Women Who Love Too Much turned it all around for me! |
Juliemarie, my best friend has been telling me I need this book!
Must see what it's all about... |
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Thu May 15, 2008 10:34 am |
Skincarefreak:
I loved your post. You sound very intelligent.
I am not very well- read, but I know intelligence when I see it.
I'd love to converse with you sometime about books and other things!!
You were very lucky to have such parents, let me tell you:mine were miserable white trash *&^%'s. Not mincing any words- because it is the truth.
I love this thread and I'll be getting some of these book.
Already read Toxic Parents.
Thanks for sharing, everyone! |
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