Sometimes Enough Is Enough: Spiritual Comfort in a Material World

by Marsha Sinetar

Identifying the necessity of meditation in the inspiration and restoration of spirituality, a guide for today's busy readers explores the concept of a casual contemplative life while definining a state of mind that is conducive to harmony, assurance, and comfort.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2000

About the author

I began my professional life as a first-grade teacher, and quickly fell in love with the whole wide world of learning -- particularly learning how to learn, and how to love learning. Our favorite authors must share that love. My published biographical notes show that I moved through the ranks of public instruction- including administration, curriculum design, and more--, then followed the Divine prompt to start my own leadership firm -- mostly for the private sector, Fortune 500 types. I still serve in an advisory, ombudsman-"sounding board" fashion, still love that work, sensing that, in a way, we're somehow all just kids at heart, living in a lesson world, and learning our greater strengths, capacities, wisdom every day.

Writing developed as I matured. As did my pen-and-ink art, etchings, graphics and such. Although I have a good formal education, it's clear that when we love what we do -- be it parenting, truck driving, technology, theology, crafts, or cooking -- we'll learn what we need in surprising, often self-governing, intuitive ways. The older I get, the more I trust that "small, still voice" within to guide my own learning-- academic or otherwise.

Reviews

[Raven Feather · Rating 3 out of 5]

bell hooks recommended a book by this author but this was the only one available at the library so i figured i'd give it a shot. There are some nice quotes and suggestions for meditation but mostly the book reads like one cliche and platitude after another. Written for beginner contemplatives, the intended audience seems to be busy-body executives and corporate go-go-go types looking for some ways of slowing down, i.e. not for me. Also not for me was the glaring absence of Indigenous and African spiritual practice.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book I’ve read of Marsha’s. For where I am and what I want from my life, this book provided many guidelines to work on the inner self. I will definitely be reading more of her books.

[Lynda Fox · Rating 2 out of 5]

Normally I love all of Marsha Sinetar's books. She's one of my go-to people when I feel the need to get some personal and spiritual enlightenment. This one sort of failed in doing that. It's not a bad book, just not as good as some of her others.