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The Mystery of Everyday Life aims to celebrate the everyday. Or, I should say, to celebrate the mystery of the everyday in the everyday. Moreover, it does so in prose that is a pleasure to read. aEURO| In appearance, tone and message what The Mystery of Everyday Life reads like is a little book of wisdom. Elegant in its simplicity, at its most appealing it is as charming as it is insightful, eg, in its use of Pooh Bear to talk about doing nothing. On occasion, it risks being cloying, yet I am quite pleased with many of the passages to do with children. Specific sections invite ridicule (as a farm boy, I squirm at some of what is said about riding and aEURO~being a horseaEURO (TM)) yet others are nothing if not poignant (the decline and death of the father of one of the authors). aEURO| There is no shortage of genuine pearls here. I would have a hard time, however, getting a reader determined to be swinish to admit it. Consider this: aEURO~Although we often speak of parents bringing children into the world, we speak little of children giving birth to parents aEURO| So this is why IaEURO (TM)m alive, this is what life is about, this is what I was like, this is where that experience becomes usefulaEURO (TM). (pp 80-81). Then again, there is this: aEURO~rather than establishing a debt, gift-giving is its own reward; weaEURO (TM)re grateful to those who receive our loving gifts, for they have given us the chance to be generousaEURO (TM) (p30). Need I say that, on occasion, this is the way it is aEURO| Not a book for ethnographers then, but one for those oriented to existential and cosmological questions aEURO" those searching for an alternative way of talking about life as it is lived aEURO| Australian Journal of Anthropology, Vol 17/2, 2006 This thought-provoking and insightful little book takes a fresh look at life as a process rather than an end, and it encourages readers to look for the meaning of life in the everyday joys of living instead of in terms of achievement or othersaEURO (TM) opinions. The authors show readers that the riches of life, such as wonder, connection and joy, are right where they are and that sorrow, giving and responsibility are riches too. The book contains 11 chapters, each of which reinforces the idea that aEURO~meaning of lifeaEURO (TM) is found only in the vitality of the social relations in which we participate. The Catholic Weekly, 8 June 2003
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- PublisherFederation Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 186287431X
- ISBN 13 9781862874312
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages112
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This remarkable book takes a fresh look at life as a process, not an end, encouraging readers to look for the meaning of life not in terms of achievement or others' opinions, but in the everyday joys of living. \nFrom the Preface .\nIt is easy to become attached to goals. Goals promise certainty, and the anxiety they induce only makes their achievement seem more meritorious. The trouble is that goals, even worthy ones, remove our sense of proportion and our sensitivity to what is happening around us. \nIt sometimes takes a fall to bring us back into the present. 'Where have I been? What have I been doing all my life?' We awaken to the world as if for the first time. \nWe have written this book out of an increasing sense of the importance of these moments. Once you recognise life as a gift rather than an achievement, you realise that 'meaning in life' is found only in the vitality of the social relations in which we participate.\n This remarkable book takes a fresh look at life as a process, not an end, encouraging readers to look for the meaning of life not in terms of achievement or others' opinions, but in the everyday joys of living. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781862874312
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This remarkable book takes a fresh look at life as a process, not an end, encouraging readers to look for the meaning of life not in terms of achievement or others' opinions, but in the everyday joys of living. \nFrom the Preface .\nIt is easy to become attached to goals. Goals promise certainty, and the anxiety they induce only makes their achievement seem more meritorious. The trouble is that goals, even worthy ones, remove our sense of proportion and our sensitivity to what is happening around us. \nIt sometimes takes a fall to bring us back into the present. 'Where have I been? What have I been doing all my life?' We awaken to the world as if for the first time. \nWe have written this book out of an increasing sense of the importance of these moments. Once you recognise life as a gift rather than an achievement, you realise that 'meaning in life' is found only in the vitality of the social relations in which we participate.\n This remarkable book takes a fresh look at life as a process, not an end, encouraging readers to look for the meaning of life not in terms of achievement or others' opinions, but in the everyday joys of living. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781862874312
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