Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life

by Gregg Michael Levoy

Paperback, 1998

Status

Checked out
Due 2024-04-16

Call number

158

Collection

Publication

Harmony (1998), 352 pages

Description

How do we know if we're following our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that are beckoning us? is the first book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which they come to us. A calling may be to do something (change careers, go back to school, have a child) or to be something (more creative, less judgmental, more loving). While honoring a calling's essential mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the fundamental questions that arise from any calling: How do we recognize it? How do we distinguish the true call from the siren song? How do we handle our resistance to a call? What happens when we say yes? What happens when we say no? Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and powerful stories of people who have followed their own calls, Gregg Levoy shows us the many ways to translate a calling into action. In a style that is poetic, exuberant, and keenly insightful, he presents an illuminating and ultimately practical inquiry into how we listen and respond to our calls, whether at work or at home, in our relationships or in service. Callings is a compassionate guide to discovering your own callings and negotiating the tight passages to personal power and authenticity.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jpsnow
Yeah, yeah, cry me a river. I imagine that's what a lot of readers might think. But no... actually there are some interesting anecdotes worthy of contemplation. It's still a long read without any sense of organization. I might at most skim through and read the sections that jumped out at me.

Physical description

352 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0609803700 / 9780609803707

UPC

045863803702
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