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The one life we're given : finding the wisdom that waits in your heart / Mark Nepo.

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Atria Books, 2016.

Spiritual life.

Conduct of life.

9781501116322 (hc.)

Alternate title:

One life we are given

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

xviii, 300 pages ; 24 cm.

Woodgrain pattern on corners of book's front cover resembles staining.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298).

Getting closer to life. When we set out -- The soul's work -- Legacy -- Personal mythology -- Getting closer to life -- Making our way -- Love your window -- The secret kingdom is everywhere -- Knocked off our horse -- The three fears -- The three dreams -- Striving just to be -- Wanting to go back -- Creating safety -- Taking off the armor -- Finding solid ground -- The path is wider than we think -- What talent do I have? -- I awake -- Drawn to what we need to learn -- Regret -- Burning the map -- The journey before you -- The one life we're given -- Loving what you do. Bring up the lights -- The story behind the story -- What it means to be awake -- Heart and path -- The covenant of love -- The power of holding -- Swimming through pain and sorrow -- Blind and sighted -- The trance -- Our authority of being -- The great threshold -- Understanding success -- Walking together -- The work of intimacy -- The practice of return -- The career of awakening -- The siren of insecurity -- Remembering -- Loving what you do -- A song for pilgrims -- Strength from what we know -- Feeling thorough -- Finding what can last. Letting all things in -- Following light -- Fire in the temple -- The sacred grove -- Our spirit path -- Making honey -- The serpent king -- Reading the cracks -- Asking for our turn -- Not listening -- Keeping our eyes open -- Working our way into grace -- Waiting for our souls -- Finding what can last -- At the center of every feeling -- Unbearable and unbreakable -- Being kind and useful. Cultivating wonder -- The bones of grace -- The effort to keep looking -- In doses we can bear -- The work of self-awareness -- Going off the deep end -- The gifts of effort -- Admitting who we are -- Just a glimpse -- In a greater arc -- The efforts that never go away -- Freeing our compassion -- The moment that saves us -- Radiant and broken -- To be of use -- Staying tender and resilient.

"An insightful and resilient path for inhabiting the soul by engaging in the world. Mark Nepo has been called "one of the finest spiritual guides of our time." His personal stories, questions, and meditations take us on a deep and uplifting journey to know our own hearts and enliven our souls. "In order to fully live the one life we're given," Nepo writes, "we each must affirm how precious this one life is and open ourselves to loving whatever life puts before us. Whether that is suffering, pain, fear or loss, or surprise, beauty, love or wonder, we work to stay in touch with our hearts in order to make sense of our experience. As we learn when to try and when to let go, when to give our all and when to surrender and simply receive, we unfold the moments that reveal meaning and ready us for grace. This is how the heart breaks a path to our soul’s work, leading us to our authenticity, and to how we can be useful to others and the world." By illuminating the art of finding and restoring what matters and by exploring the craft of awakening, the author affirms our purpose as not just to stay alive but to stay in our aliveness. Mark Nepo lives in southwest Michigan. Visit him online at MarkNepo.com and ThreeIntentions.com."--Provided by publisher.

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