Customer Reviews

The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I began reading with my yellow highliter in hand. I soon had to put it down. It makes no sense when each word or phrase or sentence on each page is a gem. May as well paint the whole book yellow!
Because so many of his insightful thoughts and words are also so poetically beautiful, this is not a quick read. It demands reflection, contemplation, digestion. And it is immensely nourishing and satisfying.
With no rude intent at all, this book holds its place on a shelf in my bathroom. Nearly daily, and sometimes more, I pick it up again to read and re-read a page or two or six at a time. Sublime. Thank you, Mark.

The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life is all that I had hoped it would be.
Over years, I've kept my own "quote book". Several quotes from the writings of Mark Nepo are in it.
Finally,I decided to put his name in my KEYWORD and how thrilled I was to come upon his website.
I chose THE EXQUISITE RISK and it is so meaningful and insightful. This will be one of my forever books!

Mary Kenney, New York

Strikes a deep cord reminding me of things I know but don't live as though I know! An articulate and compelling read about experiencing life rather than just managing it. Will appeal to anyone interested in the "dance of the spirit".

A fitting word for the title. Exquisite. This book is almost breathtaking with its depth. So well written it touches all levels. I wish I could be more specific, but it is such a complete work I don't know how to break it up into pieces to review. Read it. You will be better for doing so.

This man, Mark Nepo, strings words together about life and his relationship to it that I am changed every time I read anything by him. Go out and buy whatever he writes. Your life will be the better for it.

I purchased this gift for my husband as he has read and re-read another of Mark Nepo's books (The Book of Awakening). He loves this book as well!

books are as different as people are. Mark Nepo 's writing , thoughts , and spiritual philosophy is extremely sharp and presented with humility and insights that are causing the reader , in this case, me , to reflect on Life, God and Death. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone I know who is curious about all three subjects and in fact I already have.

Reading The Exquisite Risk is like eating a delicious glazed donut. It's delicious, enjoyable to look at but doesn't fill you up for very long. There were wonderful passages and nuggets throughout and I marked them to share with my friends, but 5 minutes after I read the chapter I'd have trouble remembering it.

Mark's writing is some of the finest I have read in my many years on this earth. I am always searching for inspiration to continue living as best I can. His stories are about our search. Isn't that what life entails....."The Search"?

If you want to live a full, rich and authentic life, this is the book you NEED to read. Mark Nepo expresses his insights poetically yet clearly in ways that make the reader enriched even before applying this knowledge.