Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

Description

With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte
turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into
the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with Alone and closing with
Work, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to
shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life:
pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience
of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens,
procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and
shyness the appropriate confusion and helplessness that accompanies the first
stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful
consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we
choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives. Read more Read less

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Many Rivers Press; Revised edition (January 1, 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 245 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1932887342
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 41
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #14,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Philosophy of Logic & Language #596 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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