Lessons from the Porch: A Gathering Place for Telling Our StoriesLessons for Your Journey, I, 2003 - 261 pages Lessons from the Porchis Ed Poole's thoughtful memoir of life's lessons, which he shares with endearing charm and good-natured heart. The book is a thoughtful journey and an engaging reminiscence.Lessons from the Porchwill allow the reader to consider questions such as: Have you wondered how you arrived at your current stop along your journey? Have you ever asked the question, "What am I supposed to be learning from this experience?" How can I leave this world a bit better than it was when I found it? Although written about his own experience battling depression, the book is meant for anyone embarking on a journey to know themselves and cultivate new friendships. We all have places from which we learn life's lessons. For some it may be sitting beside a meandering stream. For this author, the place to which he returned to understand his journey was the porch that surrounded his house as he grew up. Metaphorically, Poole's porch represents how he either has or has not accepted changes in his life. The dilemma about how and when to leave his porch goes back to his early boyhood when his mom would always say, "Eddie, don't get too close to the edge of the porch, because you might fall off." |
Table des matières
The 3Rs Resting Refreshing and Reflecting | 16 |
What We Leave for Others as We Say Goodbye 177 | 59 |
My New Realizations | 61 |
Doing the Work of Going Out Not Knowing | 93 |
Standing Quietly in the Silence | 123 |
Learning to be Me | 157 |
Legacies can be left from both off and on the porch but you cant | 177 |
Skills for Our Journey | 220 |
The Past x The Future The Present | 234 |
Returning to Where I Began | 242 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
adult afraid allow Ann Murray answers asked beautiful become began begin believe better Bonnie C.S. Lewis calling clinical depression dreams Ed Poole enjoy Eric and Tracie experience father fear feel felt Forrest Church Forrest Gump Frederick Buechner friends growing happen happy Harold Kushner heart high school hope hospital important inner child inside Joseph Campbell journey toward wholeness knew leave legacies let go listen Little Eddie lives look masks meaning miss Moab Mom and Dad Mom's mother move Naperville narcissism never ourselves pain parents person Poole porch question realize reflect relationship remember rience sails shadow side share sometimes soul spiritual stay story struggle superintendent talk tell things thought trust trying twenty-two lessons understand viewing point waiting Wayne Dyer wilderness wonderful words writing young