The author, Daniel having become wheel chair bound at a young age of 21 years trained himself to be a family therapist. His wife developed cancer and divorced him. There were stressful experiences with his two daughters.
This book is a story of not just coping, but a vivid narration of living fully amidst the travails and pain of life!
I recently re-read the book because I needed to prepare to say farewell to one more year in my life and wanted to capture the gains and losses of the one year that has gone by!
What inspired me to re-read is the caption of the book, 'lessons on living, loving and listening'!
Listening is a way of entering into the mystery of loving and living!
Our soul has a story of its own to tell. It is in listening to that story, we are given a new quality of regard and esteem with which we can receive others around us. That is the beginning of a loving relationship that can set us free from our suspicion and apprehension of others around us.
That is the beginning of entering into the horizon of God consciousness because we are awakened to the reality of love that has been lavished on us often beyond what we deserve!
As I listen to the stories of families about their losses on account of their child's needs, I look for an opportunity to lead them to look at the larger canvas of their gains through the loving acts of kindness of many around them!
The inner ambience beneath the turbulence in our soul is peace, because the 'prince of peace' is resident in our in most being!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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