Thorndike Press large print lifestyles.

Beloved spiritual teacher, poet, and philosopher Mark Nepo returns to the inspiring short-chapter format of his bestseller The Book of Awakening to map an insightful and resilient path for inhabiting the soul by engaging in the world. The One Life We're Given affirms our purpose as not just to stay alive but to stay in our aliveness

Getting closer to life. When we set out ; Soul's work ; Legacy ; Personal mythology ; Getting closer to life ; Making our way ; Love your window ; Secret kingdom is everywhere ; Knocked off our horse ; Three fears ; Three dreams ; Striving just to be ; Wanting to go back ; Creating safety ; Taking off the armor ; Finding solid ground ; Path is wider than we think ; What talent do I have? ; I awake ; Drawn to what we need to learn ; Regret ; Burning the map ; Journey before you ; One life we're given -- Loving what you do. Bring up the lights ; Story behind the story ; What it means to be awake ; Heart and path ; Covenant of love ; Power of holding ; Swimming through pain and sorrow ; Blind and sighted ; Trance ; Our authority of being ; Great threshold ; Understanding success ; Walking together ; Work of intimacy ; Practice of return ; Career of awakening ; Siren of insecurity ; Remembering ; Loving what you do ; A song for pilgrims ; Strength from what we know ; Feeling thorough -- Finding what can last. Letting all things in ; Following light ; Fire in the temple ; Sacred grove ; Our spirit path ; Making honey ; Serpent king ; Reading the cracks ; Asking for our turn ; Not listening ; Keeping our eyes open ; Working our way into grace ; Waiting for our souls ; Finding what can last ; At the center of every feeling ; Unbearable and unbreakable -- Being kind and useful. Cultivating wonder ; Bones of grace ; Effort to keep looking ; In doses we can bear ; Work of self-awareness ; Going off the deep end ; Gifts of effort ; Admitting who we are ; Just a glimpse ; In a greater arc ; Efforts that never go away ; Freeing our compassion ; Moment that saves us ; Radiant and broken ; To be of use ; Staying tender and resilient