With the grace of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea and the wisdom of M. Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled, Simple Abundance is a book of 366 evocative essays-one for every day of your year-written for women who wish to live by their own lights. In the past a woman's spirituality has been separated from her lifestyle. Simple Abundance shows you how your daily life can be an expression of your authentic self ... as you choose the tastiest vegetables from your garden, search for treasures at flea markets, establish a sacred space in your home for meditation, and follow the rhythm of the seasons and the year. Here, for the first time, the mystical alchemy of style and Spirit is celebrated. Every day, your own true path leads you to a happier, more fulfilling and contented way of life-the state of grace known as... Embrace its gentle lessons, savor its sublime common sense, dare to live its passionate truth, and share its extraordinary and exhilarating gift with every woman you encounter: the authentic self is the Soul made visible.

This book features 366 essays penned from a woman's perspective. Sample topics include gratitude, harmony, self-nurturing, positive body image, the importance of scented linen closets, and many others. Each essay sports a pithy quote from (surprise!) the likes of Kahlil Gibran. Viewed uncritically, it's hard to argue with Simple Abundance's earnest admonitions to appreciate life, in all its messy imperfect excellence. And the fact that serenity and happiness are each in dreadfully short supply can excuse some of the treacly writing. But Breathnach sometimes lapses into what can only be described as her "Martha Stewart on Prozac" voice, and the results are aggravating to the extreme: "If you've been hesitant to strike up a reciprocal relationship with your guardian angel, don't be." Fans of guardian angels will greet these feel-good essays every morning with the rising sun, a cup of mint tea, and a bluebird chirping on the windowsill, and be happy. Skeptics will prefer their coffee very black.

Provides 365 interlocking meditations that consider the joys of living in conversation with God and guide readers on a path of personal discovery that includes refelections on love, kindness, suffering, and religious faith. Author: Henri J. Nouwen Format: Paperback, 416 pages Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers ISBN: 9780060663599

These prayers for kindness, for love, for gratitude and guidance are the perfect way to begin or end a child's busy day.

A Daybook for Nurse Leaders and Mentors offers 365 daily pearls of wisdom, inspiration, and challenges to leaders and leaders-to-be. No matter if you have been leading for a lifetime or are stepping into your first leadership role, this book will keep you company each step of your journey. Whether it is Florence Wald, the founder of the U.S. hospice movement, proudly declaring "Nursing is going to save the future of healthcare"; Marla Salmon, nursing school dean and former U.S. chief nurse, asserting "Leadership is legacy--it is ensuring that the enterprise goes beyond and is composed of more than one individual"; or Eloisa Tamez, retired Veterans Affairs executive, reminding us of the power of a challenge with the words, "When barriers are placed in my path, they are almost like an affirmation that others see potential in me that I do not see"; you will find inspiration and challenge in the pearls shared in these pages. Through these insights, from leaders at various stages in their lives and careers, you will be challenged to take your mentoring and leadership to the next level. These words of wisdom, these poignant reminders, are shared by leaders at all stages of their careers and their lives. Through their words, these nurses invite and challenge you to take your leadership to the next level.

"My heart wandered through the world
constantly seeking after my cure,
but the sweet and delicious water of life
had to break through the granite of my heart." 


When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, breaks, and is subtly reborn. That he wrote the words seven hundred years ago in a medieval Persian world that bears little resemblance to ours makes their uncanny resonance to us today just that much more remarkable. Here is a treasury of daily wisdom from this most beloved of all the Sufi masters—both his prose and his ecstatic poetry—that you can use to start every day for a year, or that you can dip into for inspiration any time you need to break through the granite of your heart.