Spirituality for Beginners
Unlike many books on spirituality (which can test your patience and cause narcolepsy), this book gives you the straight dope about four basic concepts: the ego, love, gratefulness, and forgiveness. As you will see, these four concepts will lead to discussions about fear-based behavior (cheating, unnecessary surgical procedures), conditional and romantic love (oh là là), and self-love (oh là là). It will also lead to chats about compassion (featuring tattoos and annoying soccer moms) and gratitude (bowing down to the toilet, seedy massage parlors, and shitty sunglasses). Finally, it will explain some of that righteous chatter like “Yo! It wasn’t personal!” and “You just gotta love yourself!” and “Be present.”
Each chapter will conclude with five steps to help you practice the concepts to shift your perspective and ultimately, make you and the world happier. I’m not gonna lie; the steps might make you a little annoyed or even cry, but life-altering transformation tends to do that. Turds first, then happiness.
May
May, a young maple tree, loves her vibrant autumn leaves and tries everything to keep them from falling. She holds on to her leaves with help from her feathered friend Robin and some sticky sap until heavy snowfall breaks a branch. Realizing the weight is too much, May finds that letting go isn’t so bad after all. She decides to accept and embrace what she cannot change.
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