Favorite Things: Grace, by B.C. Aronson

 



Once in a while, I like to impart my will on my unsuspecting readers and pressure you to buy something.  By pressure, I mean beg you. I try not to do this often, so that I don't cheapen myself. Oh wait, I think it's too late for that, no?

Anyway, this book is a must read. I mentioned it in my last post, which asked you to take a challenge with me. I got the idea from this book, and I am starting my challenge this weekend, and will report my "findings" (very scientific!) next week.  Why do I feel like this is a great little book? Because I like to try to live with grace every day, and I like to think maybe you're of the same mindset.

Don't get me wrong, it does not always work. I did say "try". Some people just rub me wrong, on the wrong days. But those days are few and far between. In the meantime, I have read some great things to think about in this, and I read a few pages each day as a reminder and to add a new twist to my thinking. Some of my favorites are below:

"It is only when you have both divine grace and human endeavor that you can experience bliss, just as you can enjoy the breeze of a fan only when you have both a fan and the electrical energy to operate it." ~Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Guru

"Always be nice to people on the way up; because you'll meet the same people on the way down." ~Wilson Mizner, Writer

"The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines." ~Charles Kuralt

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

And my personal favorite:

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." ~ The Dalai Lama

There you have it.  A handful of great reasons to order this book.

GRACE: Quotes & Passages for Heart, Mind and Soul edited by B.C. Aronson.