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Acts of Compassion: Bringing Love and Caring Back into Your LIfe
Open your caring heart again and start living a more compassionate life TODAY
If there was ever a time when we need compassion, it is NOW!
Even if you are overwhelmed, exhausted and just trying to survive, it’s possible to bring love and caring back into your life.
Acts of Compassion provides simple, practical solutions for accomplishing this.
In this book, you will learn how
Quickly spot opportunities for showing compassionShow greater compassion for yourselfLet go of judgments and assumptions about othersUse compassion to bring forgivenessCreate a life-long attitude of compassion
Filled with eye-opening stories, fresh insights and easy-to-follow examples, this book will renew your spirit and encourage you to become a more compassionate person.
Even the smallest act of compassion can change someone’s life FOREVER.
Get this book today and bring back your ability to show compassion to the people in your life.
If there was ever a time when we need compassion, it is NOW!
Even if you are overwhelmed, exhausted and just trying to survive, it’s possible to bring love and caring back into your life.
Acts of Compassion provides simple, practical solutions for accomplishing this.
In this book, you will learn how
Quickly spot opportunities for showing compassionShow greater compassion for yourselfLet go of judgments and assumptions about othersUse compassion to bring forgivenessCreate a life-long attitude of compassion
Filled with eye-opening stories, fresh insights and easy-to-follow examples, this book will renew your spirit and encourage you to become a more compassionate person.
Even the smallest act of compassion can change someone’s life FOREVER.
Get this book today and bring back your ability to show compassion to the people in your life.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2022
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August 12, 2022
This was a very difficult book for me to review because the authors (Mike and Linda) have been friends of mine for 30 years. I’ve co-written and published a number of academic articles and a book chapter with Mike, who also co-chaired my Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Denver. And they gave me the copy I read and included a beautiful hand-written note in it.
Consequently, it was nearly impossible to read it with a neutral mindset. Still, I wanted to write an objective review – despite the difficulty of doing so.
I’ll begin with two big positives. The book is filled with beautiful stories of compassion given and received from the authors; their friends, family members, and associates; as well as individuals from whom the authors solicited stories. They are a wonderful anecdote to today’s 24/7 news cycle of negativity – and a number of them brought tears to my eyes.
I also thought several of the chapters/sections of content were well-written and insightful. These included Chapter 3: The Power of Presence, Chapter 14: Compassion and Forgiveness, and Part 4 of the Reflections Afterward (“Do It Anyway” – a nod to the Kent M. Keith book by the same title.)
Having said that, these two strengths were negated by two weaknesses. First and foremost, the book’s content and narrative were repetitive. Too often, the 20 chapters, which were broken into eight parts, were indistinguishable from each other in both structure and content. This became a problem the deeper into the book I read, because I found myself struggling not to skim the all-too-familiar narrative. In the end, I thought the book may have been twice as powerful if half as long.
Also, I thought the content was too basic. I realize it was written for a lay audience, and my lifelong study and practice of human communication, psychology, and relationships limited the content’s impact on me. But I think even lay readers would find the tips and techniques offered by the authors as too fundamental. If I had read a draft, I would have encouraged Mike and Linda to trust their lay readers more and go deeper into this important topic.
Ultimately, I settled on three stars (“Liked It”). But it was hard not to give it four or five simply because I know, respect, and love the authors so much.
Consequently, it was nearly impossible to read it with a neutral mindset. Still, I wanted to write an objective review – despite the difficulty of doing so.
I’ll begin with two big positives. The book is filled with beautiful stories of compassion given and received from the authors; their friends, family members, and associates; as well as individuals from whom the authors solicited stories. They are a wonderful anecdote to today’s 24/7 news cycle of negativity – and a number of them brought tears to my eyes.
I also thought several of the chapters/sections of content were well-written and insightful. These included Chapter 3: The Power of Presence, Chapter 14: Compassion and Forgiveness, and Part 4 of the Reflections Afterward (“Do It Anyway” – a nod to the Kent M. Keith book by the same title.)
Having said that, these two strengths were negated by two weaknesses. First and foremost, the book’s content and narrative were repetitive. Too often, the 20 chapters, which were broken into eight parts, were indistinguishable from each other in both structure and content. This became a problem the deeper into the book I read, because I found myself struggling not to skim the all-too-familiar narrative. In the end, I thought the book may have been twice as powerful if half as long.
Also, I thought the content was too basic. I realize it was written for a lay audience, and my lifelong study and practice of human communication, psychology, and relationships limited the content’s impact on me. But I think even lay readers would find the tips and techniques offered by the authors as too fundamental. If I had read a draft, I would have encouraged Mike and Linda to trust their lay readers more and go deeper into this important topic.
Ultimately, I settled on three stars (“Liked It”). But it was hard not to give it four or five simply because I know, respect, and love the authors so much.
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