Callings Finding and Following an Authentic Life

Name: Callings Finding and Following an Authentic Life
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ISBN: 9780609803707

ISBN-10: 0609803700

ISBN-13: 9780609803707

Edition: 1998

Authors: Gregg Michael Levoy

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How do we know if we're following our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that are beckoning us? is the first book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which they come to us. A calling may be to do something (change careers, go back to school, have a child) or to be something (more creative, less judgmental, more loving). While honoring a calling's essential mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the fundamental questions that arise from any calling: How do we recognize it? How do we distinguish the true call from the siren song? How do we…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 9/8/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.034

Gregg Levoyis the author ofThis Business of Writing.He is a full-time freelance writer whose essays and articles have appeared inThe New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Omni, Psychology Today,and others. He lectures and teaches workshops about callings.



Introduction



The Call to Attention



The Ear of the Animal



The Challenge of Finding Clarity



Braving Conflict



Receiving Calls



The Way of Passion



Awakening to Dreams



The Language of the Body



The Turn of Events



Invoking Calls



The Portals of Art



Making Pilgrimage



Memory's Vital Secrets



Saying No to Calls



Flight to Tarshish



Bringing Down the Storm



Saying Yes to Calls



The Dignity of Daring



Sacrifice: The Shadow in the Calling



Ariadne's Thread



Heartbreakthrough: The Consequences of Saying Yes


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