Just finished reading Devotion, a memoir, by Dani Shapiro.
She writes about plunging into the "afternoon" of her life. Still looking for meaning. The book has been called a literary excavation to the core of a life. I love that! Excavation to the core!! Isn't that what we all are doing? I'm not so sure?
I think its all about "the search". I stay on a path of reaching for something. Reaching for what, may be the real question. It certainly was nice to read a book, that was saying what I was thinking. Somebody else had more questions than answers.
How does the fabric of our lives, unravel without us knowing about it. How do I pray? and to whom? Faith requires enormous effort, do I have the strength? Does your belief system comfort you or choke the hell out of you?
These are some of her questions, that happen to be mine also. This is a book for people who pray, and a book for people who have no idea why people pray. Its about peace and happiness, found in yourself. Your center, your courage to ask the BIG questions, about death, love, surrender. Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Gilbert and others wrote these wonderful words about this book.
My words are simple, it is very nice to read a book, so alive with hope. Filled with a raw honesty, of life, with all its heartaches and joys. We are all more connected and similar than we are different. Devotion, says it all.
She writes about plunging into the "afternoon" of her life. Still looking for meaning. The book has been called a literary excavation to the core of a life. I love that! Excavation to the core!! Isn't that what we all are doing? I'm not so sure?
I think its all about "the search". I stay on a path of reaching for something. Reaching for what, may be the real question. It certainly was nice to read a book, that was saying what I was thinking. Somebody else had more questions than answers.
How does the fabric of our lives, unravel without us knowing about it. How do I pray? and to whom? Faith requires enormous effort, do I have the strength? Does your belief system comfort you or choke the hell out of you?
These are some of her questions, that happen to be mine also. This is a book for people who pray, and a book for people who have no idea why people pray. Its about peace and happiness, found in yourself. Your center, your courage to ask the BIG questions, about death, love, surrender. Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Gilbert and others wrote these wonderful words about this book.
My words are simple, it is very nice to read a book, so alive with hope. Filled with a raw honesty, of life, with all its heartaches and joys. We are all more connected and similar than we are different. Devotion, says it all.
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