Stretching Lessons

In the tradition of such classics as Hugh Prather's Notes to Myself, and other books on how to connect with our inner selves and the things that matter in life, Sue Bender asks the question we all want answered in these fast-moving times: "Is it possible to have a full and complex life, and still remain peaceful?" In her 1989 bestseller Plain and Simple, Sue Bender invited the reader along on a spiritual sojourn which led her to live with an Amish community, thus changing her outlook...
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In the tradition of such classics as Hugh Prather's Notes to Myself, and other books on how to connect with our inner selves and the things that matter in life, Sue Bender asks the question we all want answered in these fast-moving times: "Is it possible to have a full and complex life, and still remain peaceful?" In her 1989 bestseller Plain and Simple, Sue Bender invited the reader along on a spiritual sojourn which led her to live with an Amish community, thus changing her outlook and values, and healing her fragmented life. In her 1996 follow-up book Everyday Sacred, she returned home from the Amish, struggling to apply the peaceful wisdom and simplicity she learned to her hectic time-starved everyday life, a place she finds transformed by her newly simple conception of what is sacred. Now with Stretching Lessons, she brings that wisdom home, to the body and spirit. In her candid and intimate way, she, who sees herself as a poster child for our stressful times, reflects on the feeling of being constantly overwhelmed and how it requires us to dig deeper: to learn to see ourselves and be seen by others, to listen to our bodies' wisdom, to overcome obstacles, to take risks, and to find solutions. In this, her wisest book yet, her down-to-earth reflective musings on the quest for self-awareness and soul ease find resolution. Bender's writing holds out the promise that struggling is only the first step in the process of stretching our souls to adequately encompass our hopes, dreams, and goals.