After spending four decades leading Learning Strategies, whose focus is on helping people experience their potential, it was only natural that I would weave life lessons into Breakfast Tea & Bourbon.

Here are ideas for a meeting on the life lessons of the book. Each could lead to a lengthy and spirited discussion.

* Being present – Chapter 1

* “Looking Meaningfully” Rule of Toasting: Try it and notice the difference. – Chapter 4

* “Flying-around-like-angels ancestors” to support your life – Chapter 4

* The Lord’s Prayers – Chapter 5

* Breaking up with someone: Why would you want someone who doesn’t want you? – Chapter 6

* Continual Smelling of the Roses – Chapter 7

* Looking at aging as levels of accomplishment instead of a slow march to death – Chapter 8

* Giving up a child – Chapter 9

* Living within your financial means – Chapter 10

* What is dowsing? What are energy vortexes? – Chapter 11

* Intuition: How does it show in your life? – Chapter 11

* Can you do a daily practice such as meditation, Qigong, Yoga, or Tai Chi each day? What would it take? – Chapter 13 and other chapters

* Listening to your dreams – Chapter 16

* Walking a Labyrinth – Chapter 16

* Creative expressions. How do you express creativity in your life? – Chapter 16

* Gru-worthy. What is Gru-worthy in your life? – Chapter 19

* Living the Law of Attraction – Chapter 20

* Setting the stage of your life with music – Chapters 3 and 23

* Relationship Turtles – Chapter 24

* Spiritual Awakenings – Chapter 27

* Friendship – The entire book

* Which life lessons resonated most with you?

* What is your favorite takeaway from the book?

* What might you do differently in your life after reading the book?

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