Reviews for Worldviews and Ecology: Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment

The average rating for Worldviews and Ecology: Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-04-09 00:00:00 Gary Givens "LIFE'S NOT FAIR, BUT IT'S GOOD." Remember that line? If you do, chances are you recall that e-mail that made the rounds several years back, containing 50 inspirational quotes from The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Well, the quotes are back again in book form! This time, though, we have the full stories of the life events that inspired them in the sensible, down-to-earth heart and mind of their creator - Regina Brett. We ALL have realized by now that life's not fair. But did we ALSO know - and Now know in our Bones - that it's GOOD? I found that out, the only way - the HARD way! Regina, a lifelong Catholic, was educated - like the rest of us brave souls - at the School of Hard Knocks. And boy, has she got some stories to tell! The quotes themselves, of course, are masterpieces of recollection, the fruit of that wonderful calm that follows every storm of the heart. And now we get her memorable stories of HOW she met that storm. And WON. ´Really? Someone comes out AHEAD in the end? C'mon now - gimme a break!´ Well... maybe not at first, but through losing they CAN. Because when you've lost, you GAIN Purpose and Strength when you endure the Storm peacefully. If you lose your life you gain it, the saying goes. And you never really lose and gain your life back (are you confused yet?) till after you've endured... and have met your own MR. JONAS. I'll let her tell you THAT story, in her own very personal way... "My friend Kathy once sent me an excerpt from the book Dandelion Wine. In Ray Bradbury's book about one vintage summer, a boy has taken ill. No one can figure out what is wrong. "He's simply overwhelmed by life. "No one seems able to help him until Mr. Jonas, the junk man, comes along. "He whispers something to the boy who lies asleep in a cot in the yard. Mr. Jonas tells him to rest quiet and listen, then reaches up and picks an apple off a tree. He lingers long enough to tell the boy a secret he carries inside him, one I didn't know I carried in ME:' The secret? "Some folks arrive in this world fragile. Like tender fruit, they bruise easier, cry more often, and turn sad young. "Mr. Jonas knows because HE is one of those people. "The words stir something in the boy... and he recovers." No, Life's just NOT FAIR. Just because we All bruise like these apples, just like this boy and Mr Jonas, doesn't really matter in the end. We've got to get up again. That can hurt. Life in your seventies isn't FAIR either. We've always got to get up - in spite of all our endless aches and grievous pains - and do what we have to do. That hurts too. No, life ain't FAIR - but it's GOOD. Because that's what our Guide does for us... If we keep facing His music again and again and keep on doing His will, we'll be happy. But, then - if we put our best face on, and do His will, and OURSELVES will that that Will be done, we'll feel the totally Renewing Force of deep, silent Peace. And that Peace will ERASE all our ancient gripes and complaints and mental chatter. I KNOW - Because that has Happened to Me.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-01-23 00:00:00 Richard Prince This was another one of those books where it didn't feel like I picked it, but that it picked me. I've been in a little bit of a spiritual slump for the past few weeks, partly because my life got really busy. My prayers suffered, and I started to feel that bit of resentment toward life rise up in me and I started to aim it toward God for letting life get difficult. Most nights my prayers were only to ask God if He was still there, or if He was too busy too. The cover of this book caught my eye, so I opened it and read the table of contents that has the 50 lessons. Lesson 8 said, "It's okay to be angry with God. He can take it." My eyes got all misty, like that was the answer to my prayers I was looking for. So I bought it, and read it in 2 days. Very easy read. Many of the lessons are illustrated with stories from the author's life or the life of her friends. She comes across as an authentic human being who has learned to find peace with the mistakes she's made, and tried to have fun along this spiritual journey through life. Worth reading, and heartily recommended to my goodreads friends.