Being Human: Little Thoughts of Life, Nature, Peace, Freedom & Love

by Martin Shone

This book contains little moments of inspirational and philosophical thoughts of life, nature, peace, freedom & love.

77 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2015

About the author

Martin has self-published three books of poetry, three books of Little Thoughts of Life, Nature, Peace, Freedom & Love, one short story of a spiritual nature called, So the spider hangs, and he has recently finished and published his children's novel called Meckchate!

These are available to buy through Lulu.com (link below). He also has a Sherlock Holmes story in Hannah Rogers' book The Art of Deduction.

He has good little library of books on many topics which includes a rather nice collection by and about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He also enjoys reading philosophy although he admits some of it goes over his head!

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Reviews

[D.M. Denton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being Human is Martin Shone’s second volume of “Little Thoughts of Life, Nature, Peace, Freedom & Love”, and is as unassuming and reassuring as the first. Each reflection feels breathed upon the page and caresses the spirit as silently as “the song of the butterfly until you listen”. Like Silence Happens, Being Human uses brevity, the clarity rather than complication of words, and is not for analyzing or considered comprehension, but, instead, exhales “the beauty of life” and creates “poetry through smiling” for the reader to inhale and rise above life’s frustrations and challenges. Perfect for keeping by the bed, to open randomly last thing at night or first thing in the morning. “Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.” (quote from 20th century American historian and author, Barbara Tuchman) There is no doubt that Martin offers such a sublime companion to stay in touch with, open up to, and join in its connectedness to the natural world, and rhythms of believing. The beautiful cover image of an acorn, which Martin photographed himself, is a perfect representation of Being Human as a whole and, especially, its ‘last’ words: “As it all happens, so it all begins.”