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We Neurotics a Handbook for the Halfmad
Vintage book
- GenresReligion
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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August 12, 2013
This is one of my favorite, weird I found it in a book store I should lend this to my neurotic family members...who did I lend it to?....I want to read that again....It talked about praying in the bathtub because that is where God is easy to reach. It talks about a crazy nun who says to learn to calm down and work through anxiety first and then pray. It is a weird book and I would like to find it again. I think I might need it now.
December 10, 2010
In one of my local Safeway grocery stores, there is a table by the exit where people leave books. They ask for a donation of one dollar but by no means is it obligatory. A lot of people leave the fresh coupons they just received at check-out. Usually there are books that I am not interested in, but one day a few months ago, I discovered this book on the table. I decided to pick it up because I'm kind of neurotic in a normal kind of way, if you will. I thought it would be a comedic take on neurotics. It was, in a way.
The book sat in my apartment in different places over the few months I had it, and for some strange reason I decided yesterday that I would read it, even though I have other books to read. I had not even looked through the book, and was surprised to find it was written by not only a Catholic, but a Jesuit. That made me want to read more, and so I did.
What I found was a quaint little story full of some of the most delightful characters ever written. The story is about one man's journey from your everyday neurosis to a great relationship with God. He meets a little nun who is quite odd but lovely and who teaches him to pray by laying on the floor and relaxing. This leads him to revelations about himself, which leads to conversations with other odd, lovely characters. He never stops evolving in prayer, is open to new ideas and is able to analyse things in a very useful way.
I feel obliged to tell all future readers of this book that the sweet little nun does die at the end. I feel obliged because this is something I would have liked to have known. She is real to me, as she reminds me of someone in my life who died as well. That really hit home. But even so, I know that the little nun and my beloved one died loved, are remembered with love, and are now in the eternal grace of God.
It is strange that I picked this book up at the exact time I needed to. I won't go into details, but this book has served a very important role in my present and I hope to take its lessons with me through life. This book is a very small one, but with big ideas and an enormous heart.
The book sat in my apartment in different places over the few months I had it, and for some strange reason I decided yesterday that I would read it, even though I have other books to read. I had not even looked through the book, and was surprised to find it was written by not only a Catholic, but a Jesuit. That made me want to read more, and so I did.
What I found was a quaint little story full of some of the most delightful characters ever written. The story is about one man's journey from your everyday neurosis to a great relationship with God. He meets a little nun who is quite odd but lovely and who teaches him to pray by laying on the floor and relaxing. This leads him to revelations about himself, which leads to conversations with other odd, lovely characters. He never stops evolving in prayer, is open to new ideas and is able to analyse things in a very useful way.
I feel obliged to tell all future readers of this book that the sweet little nun does die at the end. I feel obliged because this is something I would have liked to have known. She is real to me, as she reminds me of someone in my life who died as well. That really hit home. But even so, I know that the little nun and my beloved one died loved, are remembered with love, and are now in the eternal grace of God.
It is strange that I picked this book up at the exact time I needed to. I won't go into details, but this book has served a very important role in my present and I hope to take its lessons with me through life. This book is a very small one, but with big ideas and an enormous heart.
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