Serenity Prayers: Prayers, Poems, and Prose to Soothe Your Soul
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1449446027 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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It's a thoughtful resource for facing everyday challenges. Excerpt from the book: "A Clear Midnight This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best, Night, sleep, death and the stars." --Walt Whitman (1819-1892) * Features selections from Mitch Albom, Emily Dickinson, William Penn, Rumi, Carl Sandburg, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and William Butler Yeats.. Best-selling author June Cotner presents a calming collection of prayers, poems, and quotes chosen for their power to offer serenity and tranquillity.Serenity Prayers is a lovely and timeless collection of prayers, prose, and poems that leaves readers feeling relaxed, peaceful, hopeful, and encouraged
. She has appeared on national radio programs, and her books have been featured in many national publications including USA TODAY, Better Homes and Gardens, Woman's Day, and Family Circle. Collectively, her books have sold nearly one million copies. June Cotner---author, anthologist, and speaker---hails from Poulsbo, WA
Wonderful gift I keep several copies of this book on hand to give or send to friends who need comfort or have undergone some sort of big stresssurgery, loss of a loved one, illness, and the like. It's not a book to read from page 1 to the end, but a reader would pick it up and read a few pages now and then and know that a friend was thinking of them. June Cotner has . Serenity Prayers provided comfort to my mother in the last months of her life I purchased this book in January to read to my 86 year-old mother suffering from dementia. Mom was always a spiritual woman so I looked for a book that would nourish her spiritual side and possibly rekindle some of those feelings in her. And that is exactly what Comfort Prayers did. I would read several passages and when I stopped she'd smile and say, . "nice book" according to Dinorah Hernandez. Great book love the concept. It has blessed me in a lot of ways. I would suggest this book to anyone.
May the selections in SERENITY PRAYERS provide the encouragement and inspiration you need to practice the profound thoughts in Reinhold Niebuhr's deeply moving prayer. . It's one of the most revered messages of our time and has touched countless lives. Many circumstances in modern life affect our sense of peace and contentment - stressful jobs, relationship difficulties, day-to-day worries, and a sense of feeling overwhelmed with the hyperspeed demands of life. Finding new ways to feel tranquil gives us more compassion, contentment, and a