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* Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren
One of the most popular non-fiction books of all time was Warren's The Purpose Driven Life. Essentially, this is a book about conventional Christianity. What I like most about his book is the idea that our lives do have meaning and purpose, that such purposes are not necessarily that clear and that we need to find out what such purposes might be.
I do not agree with his methods for discovering life purpose. Nor would I suggest that you be "driven" by your purpose; all too often our neurotic egos are what drive us. Also, the word "driven" is a strong word that generally implies a measure of addiction. Instead, to be mildly guided by what your soul suggests is my idea of the type of optimum relationship between your soul and your conscious ego. Overall, I suggest you pass by this book, unless it strongly "calls to you."
© 2008 by Thayer White
Finding Your Soul in the Spirituality Maze
| Excerpt from Be Your Own Therapist: "This seems impossible to achieve, to be happy when we get things we don't want. The reason it seems impossible is that we believe we should be unhappy when we don't get what we want. (In all of this, there is the following truth: if we believe such a situation calls for unhappiness, we will be unhappy.)" |
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