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Simplicity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Quality of life.
Spiritual life.
Well-being.
Conduct of life -- Christianity.
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Niequist, Shauna.
Niequist, Shauna.
Simplicity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Quality of life.
Spiritual life.
Well-being.
Conduct of life -- Christianity.
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Present over perfect : leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of living / Shauna Niequist.
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Niequist, Shauna.
Center Point Large Print, 2017, c2016.
Call #:
LP
248
.4
N674p
Subjects
Niequist, Shauna.
Simplicity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Quality of life.
Spiritual life.
Well-being.
Conduct of life -- Christianity.
ISBN:
9781683242338 (hc.)
Edition:
Large Print edition.
Description:
254 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Foreword / by Brené Brown -- Introduction: Ship to wreck -- Part 1: Sea-change: Sea-changed ; Stuffed ; Running laps ; Dethroning the idol ; You put up the chairs ; The word that changed everything ; On disappointing people ; What the lake teaches -- Part 2: Tunnels: Tunnels ; Vinegar and oil ; A wide and holy space ; Daughter ; Yellow sky ; On stillness ; Stars -- Part 3: Legacy: Agency ; Legacy ; It's all right here ; The man in the tuxedo ; The spring of the basketball hoop ; When brave looks boring ; Present over perfect -- Part
4
: Walking on water: Walking on water ; Baptism ; Must be nice ; Your mess is mine ; The narrowing ; Good fruit ; On Jesus -- Part 5: Living in time: Clearing away ; Learning to play ; Morning and evening ; Simplicity ; Happy medium ; On snow -- Part 6: Throwing candy: Throwing candy ; Essential self ; Heart and yes ; Ballard locks ; New fuel ; And the soul felt its worth ; Bring in the love.
Summary:
"A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for busy. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor, writer, and I know all too well that settling feeling. But over the course of the last few years, I’ve learned a way to live, marked by grace, love, rest, and play. And it's changing everything. An invitation to this journey that changed my life. A path away from frantic pushing and proving, and toward your essential self, the one you were created to be before you began proving and earning for your worth." This collection of essays focuses on the most important transformation in the author's life, and maybe yours too: leaving behind busyness and frantic living and rediscovering the person you were made to be. Freedom from the constant pressure to perform faster, push harder, and produce more, all while maintaining an exhausting image of perfection. Shauna offers an honest account of what led her to begin this journey, and a compelling vision for an entirely new way to live: soaked in grace, rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people that matter most to us. You'll be invited to consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of the mess and the ordinariness of life. Shauna Niequist is the author of Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine and Savor. Shauna also writes for the Storyline Blog and she is a member of the Relevant podcast, and a guest teacher at her church.
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