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Synopsis
With over 200,000 books sold, Robert J. Wicks, the bestselling author of Riding the Dragon, applies lessons learned as a city boy spending summers on his family's farm to the complex and hectic reality of contemporary life.
For the first time, author, speaker, psychologist, and spiritual guide Robert J. Wicks opens a window into his personal life, relating stories of the people and places that have shaped his spiritual perspective in youth and early in his professional career. Streams of Contentment takes as its focus Wicks's experiences as a New York City boy spending summers on his uncle's farm in the Catskills. He highlights the resonance between life in the country and the insights of spiritual writers on gratefulness and mindfulness, concluding: "The crucial calling for me now is to be content with who and where I already am."
With characteristic charm and insight, Wicks offers a simple prescription for finding contentment: have low expectations and high hopes, recognize that a little silence and solitude is no small thing, and discover the surprising power of humility. He also includes thirty brief reflections and simple practices for discovering contentment. In fifteen poignant, sometimes humorous, and always instructive lessons, Wicks builds on the insights first developed in Riding the Dragon to demonstrate how contentment is found through simplicity, gratitude, and compassion.
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About the Author
Robert J. Wicks, who received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College, is on the faculty of Loyola University Maryland. Dr. Wicks has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, social work, nursing, and theology. He has authored over forty books, including Riding the Dragon and Crossing the Desert.
Review
"This is Robert Wicks's signature mix of storytelling and spirituality at its best. Within these charming chapters, Wicks translates the wisdom and insights that come with simple living. With lucid prose, he articulates the teaching moments that come to us when we least expect them."--Therese J. Borchard, Author of Beyond Blue
"This is common sense spirituality that unfortunately is no longer common sense. Bob Wicks makes it so!"--Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation
"A delightfully written blueprint for developing and polishing our personality into the beautiful person we were intended to be." --Joseph F. Girzone, Author of the Joshua Series
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- PublisherSorin Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1933495278
- ISBN 13 9781933495279
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages214
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