Stage 1 The Three Bears kitap serbest oDF biçim

Long Jun wormlong — Bunu aldığımda ne beklediğimden emin değilim, ama kesinlikle bu kitap beni şaşırttı. Aslında 2 farklı hikaye olduğunu söyleyebilirim - birincisi, 19. yüzyılın sonlarındaki dünyasını anlamaya çalışan genç bir çocuğun hikayesi, ikincisi deniz masalında düz bir hayatta kalma. Okuyucuları açıklamaların çok grafik olduğu konusunda uyaracağım - bu zayıf midesi olanlar için bir kitap değil! Her türlü bedensel deşarj boyunca bol miktarda bulunur. Yani, gerçekten keyif aldım dedi. Çocukluk harikası duygusu sizi en baştan yakalar ve tüm maceralarında genç Jaffy'yi takip etmeye hazırsınız. Kim bir kaplanı burnuna sokmak istemedi?

Michael Acevedo grizzles — Spiritually Anchored in Unsettled Times is a gem of a little book from Elder Bruce C. Hafen. It reads as if it might be a collection of essays or talks with related themes that have been re-worked to fit together and flow better. Either way, it is worth exploring and pondering thoughtfully upon, and for me, it explains some of the questions I have had. Some favorite takeaway quotes and thoughts include the following: 1. “Feelings are especially important when they come as an actual confirmation of other evidence of truth. That confirmation is essential to our spiritual guidance. But in addition to our feelings, a well-grounded testimony also includes other important elements, such as experience and reason. Feeling by itself has a thin root system that is too shallow to support a fully developed testimony…” These three elements of testimony may be thoughts of as the points of a triangle, a very stable structure. The scriptures emphasize the importance of all three aspects of testimony. See for example John 7:17 (experience); Isaiah 1:18, D&C 8:2, and D&C 9:7-8 (reason) and D&C 9:8-9 and D&C 8:2 (feelings). 2. “Those who are well-intentioned, but stuck in mere activity wonder why the joy of the journey has waned, perhaps without realizing that they have stopped growing spiritually. When the growth stops, so does the joy…Whatever the reason for our lost momentum, it isn’t enough to just go through the motions – we must be in motion.” 3. “We talk often in the church about coming to Christ. Perhaps we should talk more about how Christ also comes to us…We never have more value in the Lord’s sight than when we are feeling worthless…” 4. “[President Hinckley] said that prosperity often leads to indulgence, and indulgence leads to sin. Said another way, indulgence is the bridge that leads us from prosperity to sin.” 5. “When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.” (President Ezra Taft Benson) 6. “The Lord’s ‘friends’ thus feel His increased confidence in them – enough confidence that He is now willing to tutor them in the most personal ways. But they also discover that His tutorial asks more of them, not less. It is both possible and likely that the closer we come to Christ, the more we will be aware of what we yet need to do. ‘If men come unto me I will show unto them their weaknesses…’ (Ether 12:27). So if we are becoming more aware of our weaknesses, that doesn’t mean we are drifting away from Him; it may well mean that we are drawing closer.” 7. “Whether we are conscious of it or not, we inevitably teach what we are. This pattern [like Alma; Mosiah 23:14] – being a true disciple in order to help others become true disciples – applies not just to missionaries; it is the most basic purpose behind every calling in every Church organization.” 8. “Our desires determine our direction.” 9. Three consequences of unclean thoughts or acts: “He that looketh on a woman to lust after her…(1) shall not have the Spirit; (2) shall deny the faith; and (3) shall fear (D&C 63:16). “Not having the Spirit and denying the faith are exactly the opposite of developing a spiritually grounded testimony. So, lust blocks out testimony.” Three effects of letting “virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly” that are exactly the mirror opposite o the effects of lust include (D&C 121:45-46): (1) “thy confidence [shall] wax strong in the presence of God (the opposite of fear); (2) “the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven” (the opposite of denying the faith); and (3) “the Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion” (the opposite of not having the Spirit.” 10. “Our encounters with reality and disappointment are actually vital stages in the development of our maturity and understanding.” Thus, acceptance of uncertainty (what Elder Hafen calls “level-two awareness”) is an essential part of our spiritual growth, but sometimes (as with many academics) we become too comfortable with it. “One’s acceptance of the clouds of uncertainty may become so complete that the iron rod seems to fade into the blurring mists of darkness, and skepticism becomes a guiding philosophy.” 11. The progression in awareness that Elder Hafen describes seems to me to be similar in some respects to the progress that Robert Quinn describes as coming out “on the other side of complexity.”

Christina Poltorak christina_poltorak — Must be read with candles, jazz, and strong black coffee. Then let your inner Beatnik loose and explore the open road of life. Warning: May be too hip for some readers. August 2007: It's the 50th anniversary of this American classic and I decided to listen to it on CD on a road trip. I last read it about 25 years ago. My older, wiser self saw the story in a whole new light...here was Sal and Dean and the gang traveling the country without having a reason to be at any certain place. They were always with each other but always lonely. Sal appreciated the natural beauty of the country but always ended up in the grit and grime of city life. And for the life of me I could no longer see what Sal saw in Dean. Dean was a LOSER! In the scene where all of the women were giving Dean the cold shoulder...I was right there with them. Dude! You are a father now...GROW UP! I guess that's what 25 years will do to ones perspective. Favorite line: "...and don't you know God is Pooh Bear..."

Xavier Maurissen xaviermaurissen — Fantastic! This is how a novel should be written - every scene and word is put to use. Read it.