Everyday Sacred: A Women's Journey Home - Hardcover

Bender, Sue

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062512897 ISBN 13: 9780062512895

Publisher: Harper San Francisco, 1995

Synopsis

Offering suggestions on how to experience a full life in a stressful world, the author of Plain and Simple utilizes Zen imagery and inspirational quotes to demonstrate how to live with "just enough." $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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From the Back Cover:

WITH SIMPLE SHIFTS OF PERCEPTION, EACH OF US CAN FIND THE SACRED IN EVERY DAY.

Like the vibrant yet simple quilts that led her to live within the Amish community and to write about the experience in her bestselling book 'Plain and Simple', the empty begging bowl is the powerful, inspirational symbol in Sue Bender's 'Everyday Sacred'. In the tradition of the begging bowl, she discovers a simple, profound wisdom we can all live by. Just as a Zen monk goes out each morning with an empty bowl in his hands and accepts whatever is placed in the bowl that day as his nourishment, so can we start each day afresh and find, at the end of the day, that extraordinary things have come our way.

Filled with the people, stories, and experiences that found their way into Bender's own bowl, 'Everyday Sacred' teaches us that each step along life's journey is a miraculous opportunity to learn. Whatever we are doing- whether meditating, weeding a garden, serving coffee in a busy coffee bar, or listening to a friend- can be done with our full attention and love. It is these small acts that make every day sacred.

Sue Bender is an accomplished artist, author, and much sought-after lecturer worldwide.

"Reading 'Everyday Sacred', I felt as if I had spent an evening in lively conversation with Sue, searching for meaning through a variety of experiences, with myriad friends, and finding it at every turn"
WHITNEY OTTO, author of 'How to Make an American Quilt'

"It moved my whole being, seeped into my skin. Yes, I said, Yes. And the illustrations!...They're wonderful"
NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of 'Banana Rose'

About the Author:

Sue Bender is an accomplished artist and former therapist. A much sought-after lecturer nationwide, she lives in Berkeley, CA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper San Francisco
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0062512897
• ISBN 13: 9780062512895
• Binding: Hardcover