Offers clear and instructive wisdom on how love of life enriches and drives human existence, even in the face of inevitable sadness, loss, and death. Ancient philosophers used to write "how-to" manuals for living. The classical American philosophers Dewey, Santayana, James, and Royce all published works that dealt with everyday concerns and issues that affected all people. Yet today, many academic philosophers talk mostly among themselves about technical points in logic or semantics or other abstruse subjects less applicable to everyday life. Not John Lachs. In this engaging book, Lachs reminds us of the centrality of philosophy to life. He provides us with a philosophy of living and a framework to apply to the most basic and critical issues we face. He enables us to see things in new and expansive ways. Fundamental ethical choices such as suicide and euthanasia, the trying and often meaningless circumstances of modern life, confusions of ends and means, and just being tired of it all-- these concerns all come under Lachs's discerning eye. He advocates confronting the complexities of life head on, with courage and persistence. Only through our own efforts and activities can we place our experiences in new and broader contexts, enabling us to find release from despair and frustration and to derive the most out of even the worst situations. Lachs shows that the good life involves joyous energy to the end. In Love with Life will help readers tap life's resources to face inescapable sadness, loss, and death. This is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how to reconcile the pervasive joys and frequent doubts that life presents to all of us. Thoughtful readers will find both inspiration and tough-minded virtue in this book.

This is a collection of Prose/Poetry that expresses thought and reflections on the life and Love Some people feel the emotions but have a hard time putting into words how they feel beyond the expression "I Love You". This selection of writing is to provide that inspiration for anyone to be able to share or identify with the words written in this reflection.

Recipient of the 2020 Shelf Unbound Notable Indie Award A collection of essays by novelist J.F. Riordan, Reflections on a Life in Exile is easy to pick up, and hard to put down. By turns deeply spiritual and gently comic, these brief meditations range from the inconveniences of modern life to the shifting nature of grief. Whether it's an unexpected revelation from a trip to the hardware store, a casual encounter with a tow-truck driver, the changing seasons, or a conversation with a store clerk grieving for a dog, J. F. Riordan captures and magnifies the passing beauty of the ordinary and the extraordinary that lingers near the surface of daily life.

Poems from the heart, is a descriptive narration about life, love and loss. The author reflects on these issues on a personal and generic glance through poetry. The poems are diverse and thus cater for different audience. The work of this South African writer demonstrates versatility portrayed through out this book. Though some poems are fictional, a lot of poems in this book are authentic and based on her experience in various aspects of life and her surroundings. She reflects on death, bereavement, love, childhood memories, some poems are spiritual, some are self reflective and others a pure admiration of nature. The author writes with intense emotions of sorrow, harmony, love, disappointment and self introspect and affirmation.

Photographs are accompanied by comments from more than two hundred individuals, both celebrities and average people, about the meaning of life

Reflections on Life, Love, and Events That Shape Them This book is a departure from the books I've published in the past, which are mostly on business history and processes and several collections of poetry. This book of essays combines reflections on my own life experiences with thoughts on subjects including a look at what I see happening in our country today, thoughts on God and religion, the life of Anne Frank and her continuing influence today, directions in medicine and treatment, and several other topics. It also looks at my background in sports and how it exposed me to a broad range of people and events that fueled my knowledge and experience to support this book.

Every now and again, one comes across a book that opens the heart and lets the soul sing. Such a book is a window on the wonder and joy, the beauty and the depths of the world around us. Such a book leads us from one jeweled insight to another, like the Genii giving Aladdin a tour of the treasure cave. Once found, such a book joins a precious few in a privileged place on one's bookshelf, to be taken down, re-read and savored over and over. Soul Medicine is exactly such a book. With exquisite prose, it transcends its pages to become a heart's companion, delivering exactly what its title promises. Outstanding! David Spangler, Author and Spiritual Teacher. Dr. Judith Boice has a rare skill that few will ever grasp. She is a healer with an in-depth understanding of the mechanics behind the art of healing. From the wisdom of the elders whom she has studied under, and her learnings of the complexity of traditional and modern medicine today, this medicine woman understands not only how to prescribe and predict results but also, with these mystic skills, how to heal those who come her way. Jim Great Elk Waters, Shawano Elder, Fourth Degree Mide' and Pipe Carrier