Life As It Is

Author : Chakung Jigme Wangdrak
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645473169

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Loving Life as It Is by Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Pdf

Practical Buddhist wisdom and mindful methods for finding the silver lining in all circumstances—from a remarkable new voice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Chakung Jigme Wangdrak gives concrete advice on how to reorient your thinking when faced with the challenges, mess, and chaos that inevitably occur in life. By embracing pain and suffering, you can learn to see their roots, begin to work with them, and eventually let them go. This will create joy and ease, allowing you to fully savor happiness. In clear language, Jigme Wangdrak conveys the steps, stages, and categories of mental exercises and methods that everyone—from beginner to experienced practitioner and non-Buddhists—can use to train their mind toward happiness: Take happiness and suffering as the path Cultivate courage, gratitude, and compassion Practice contentment (not complacency) Recognize outer and inner obstacles when faced with challenging situations Dispel self-grasping to reduce suffering Develop patience and tolerance A true Buddhist master and unique lineage holder, Jigme Wangdrak offers a roadmap to freedom with teachings that will benefit your spiritual practice and daily life—he shows you how to love your life as it already is!

Author : Mary Fox
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1550179381

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My Life As a Potter by Mary Fox Pdf

Acclaimed potter Mary Fox, known for creating stunning gravity-defying decorative vessels as well as contemporary functional ware, tells the story of her life as an artist.

Author : Dick Bont
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490863450

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Life as It Should Be by Dick Bont Pdf

• You can be anything you want to be! • Follow your dream! • Be all that you can be! Do these phrases sound familiar? We are bombarded with words like these all our lives; yet many of us remain confused, disappointed, and disillusioned. Perhaps there is a greater pursuit—maybe discovering who God made you to be and following His plan for your life is a better way. Life as It Should Be may be your roadmap to that destination.

Author : Beth Shapiro
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781541644151

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Life as We Made It by Beth Shapiro Pdf

From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world around us for ages, from early dogs to modern bacteria modified to pump out insulin. Indeed, she claims, reshaping nature—resetting the course of evolution, ours and others’—is the essence of what our species does. In exploring our evolutionary and cultural history, Shapiro finds a course for the future. If we have always been changing nature to help us survive and thrive, then we need to avoid naive arguments about how we might destroy it with our meddling, and instead ask how we can meddle better. Brilliant and insightful, Life as We Made It is an essential book for the decades to come.

Author : E. Perring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : OXFORD:600078338

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The Castle and the Cottage, Or, Life as it Should be by E. Perring Pdf

Author : Janet Tashjian
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429930321

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My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian Pdf

Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he's been labeled a "reluctant reader," his mom has pushed him to read "real" books-something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls. My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Anne-Laure Bondoux
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-12
Category : France
ISBN : 9780440239697

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Life As It Comes by Anne-Laure Bondoux Pdf

After their parents are killed in a car accident, sisters Mado, fifteen, and Patty, twenty, try to cope, but when the irresponsible and impulsive Patty gets pregnant and expects Mado to take charge of everything, life becomes increasingly difficult.

Author : Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780544774803

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The Life As We Knew It Collection by Susan Beth Pfeffer Pdf

When a meteor hits the moon, teenage Miranda and her friends and family struggle to survive the unimaginable. Four gripping books that follow their ordeal are collected in this single-volume edition, including Life As We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.

Author : Anne-Laure Bondoux
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307486738

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The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux Pdf

On the afternoon when Angel Allegria arrives at the Poloverdos’ farmhouse, he kills the farmer and his wife. But he spares their child, Paolo–a young boy who will claim this as the day on which he was born. Together the killer and the boy begin a new life on this remote and rugged stretch of land in Chile. Then Luis Secunda, a well-to-do and educated fellow from the city descends upon them. Paolo is caught in the paternal rivalry between the two men. But life resumes its course . . . until circumstances force the three to leave the farm. In doing so, Angel and Luis confront their pasts as well as their inevitable destinies–destinies that profoundly shape Paolo’s own future.

Author : Peter Ward
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781440628566

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Life as We Do Not Know It by Peter Ward Pdf

An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life—on Earth and beyond For the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward, with his signature blend of eloquence, humor, and learned insight, vividly details the latest scientific findings, cutting-edge research, and intrepid new theories on the subject of alien life and the possible extraterrestrial origins of life on Earth. In lucid, entertaining, and bold prose, Peter Ward once again challenges our notions of life on earth (and beyond).

Author : Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780152061548

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Life as We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer Pdf

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. Told in a year's worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut Susan Beth Pfeffer has written several companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.

Author : Bronnie Ware
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401956004

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Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Pdf

Revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story. Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

Author : KEMY LOREE DERLAGO
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781493116904

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LIFE IT IS WHAT IT IS AS SEEN THROUGH MY EYES by KEMY LOREE DERLAGO Pdf

As I travel across north America, operating a tractor and trailer, hauling consumer goods, I come across many events of the human spirit and so I write about what I see, hoping that it may, make you cry, make you laugh, make you think about life and how precious it is.

Author : Lisa Sugarman
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1494798131

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Life by Lisa Sugarman Pdf

We expend massive amounts of energy in pursuit of perfection. If only we could never make mistakes or encounter unpleasant obstacles, oh, wouldn't life be just perfect? Maybe, but it would also be static, unfulfilling, and really, really boring. Humorist Lisa Sugarman knows that life is a work in progress. She knows what we all suspect—life is at its best when it's fluid, unpredictable, and gloriously imperfect. And if this means life sometimes turns ugly and unpleasant, it only makes the good times that much sweeter. Author of opinion column It Is What It Is, Lisa embraces reality, not perfection. We're supposed to be imperfect. We're meant to screw up, make bad decisions, and lose our way. We can't control everything that life throws at us, but we can control how we react to it. With the right attitude and a little guidance from Lisa, anyone can be happy and fulfilled most of the time. Her collection of funny, inspiring, and sometimes poignant columns reminds us that life is not a straight line, even on the best of days, and it's the twists in the road which make the journey so beautiful.

Author : Irving Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Public health
ISBN : UOM:39015076352403

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Memorial Relating to the Conservation of Human Life as Contemplated by Bill (S. 1) Providing for a United States Public Health Service by Irving Fisher Pdf