
The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning
Paperback
Publisher Price: $20.00
ISBN13: 9780553371321
Publisher: Bantam
Published: Dec 1 1993
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.38 Depth: 8.12
Language: English
Inspiring . . . offering comfort . . . to those who want to stop striving for perfection and start living.--Publishers Weekly
I am not perfect is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition--for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny your own humanity. By seeking to understand our limitations and accept the inevitably of failure and pain, we being to ease the hurt and move toward a greater sense of serenity and self-awareness. This illuminating book brings together the wisdom and stories of many traditions and faiths, from Hebrew prophets to Buddhist sages and Christian teachers, and from ancient Greeks to the modern insights of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Through thoughtful commentary and more than one hundred vividly told tales, The Spirituality of Imperfection enables us to accept the inevitability of pain and failure so that we can ease the hurt and move toward serenity and wholeness. It speaks to anyone who yearns to find meaning--and even joy--within suffering.
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