Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus: 4 Principles for Lasting Love, Increased Success and Vibrant Health

Gray, John

ISBN 10: 0091852374 / ISBN 13: 9780091852375

Published by Vermilion, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Miracles for Mars and Venus: 4 Principles for Lasting Love, Increased Success and Vibrant Health
• Publisher: Vermilion
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091852374
• ISBN 13: 9780091852375
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"The power to create practical miraclesis now within your reach. " -- John Gray According to John Gray, the author of the phenomenal bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, just as the pace of life has accelerated so has your potential for change. By awakening your hidden power to create practical miracles, you can more effectively adjust to life's challenges and respond with greater peace, joy, confidence, and love. John Gray provides nine guiding principles for creating miracles in your life as well as new practical tools and techniques for taking charge of your personal destiny. These easily can fit into your life, and they work right away.

Review

Hoping to demystify the miraculous, author John Gray (Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus) offers a handbook on creating "practical miracles." Having experienced a personal miracle when he recovered from near blindness, Gray began to realize that humans could actually participate in creating their own miracles. "Miracles don't just happen for some and not for others," he notes. "They occur when specific conditions are nurtured." In order to nurture these conditions, Gray suggests living by nine guiding principles, including "Love as if for the first time," "Work as if money didn't matter," and "Relax as if everything will be okay."

Typical of Gray, he has narrowed his book down into concise formulas, following step-by-step, stage-by-stage plans and exercises. This compulsion to script his theories into neat little self-help packages is his downfall, limiting what could have been a meaningful and important discussion about miracle making in everyday life. Instead, we can't help feeling that he's simply holding up a bottle of his latest formula and saying, "Ladies from Venus, gentlemen from Mars, for just under $20 you too can be a miracle maker...." Nonetheless, his heart seems to be in the right place and there are passages of impressive wisdom. Even hardcore skeptics could live a better life (and may even encounter a miracle or two) by following his excellent list of guiding principles. --Gail Hudson