Life is an adventure. Choose to ignore it and let life's winds blow you where they will or embrace your voyage and make the best of it. If you choose the second option this book has some provisions for your voyage.
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People and places in western New York figure prominently in the book, and as a native of the area, I am amazed at his insight as he examines lives well lived, including his own. Langen reflects on his years of practice, his life in a monastery, and his own spiritual journey in his attempt to help us navigate our lives. The book is a deceptively easy read, many of the essays having appeared in his weekly newspaper column. They are arranged in chapters with titles such as "Appreciating Life around Us" and "Making Sense of Society." Within the chapters are essays, each followed by Langen's Life Lab Lessons. While Langen captivates us with each well written essay, his Life Lab Lessons force us to confront our own lives in reaction to the essay. It's no easy task as Langen directs us, for example, at the end of "The Power of Will" to list our most important values and then to list the most important values of a person with whom we are in conflict. Listing my most important values--what a good idea, yet one I hadn't attempted since my sophomore year in high school when my all-time favorite teacher encouraged me to do that very thing as I tried to understand a difficult novel. Perhaps I should have listed my values more than once every fifty years, but I thank Langen for exhorting me to do so. Langen uses an excellent format for each of his essays. He begins with a quote from an intellectual or spiritual leader or perhaps an anonymous source or even a sports or media personality, then his own well chosen words, often with reference to noted scholars, then wraps up with the Life Lab Lessons. Imagine my joy to find some of my favorite writers embedded in Langen's essays: John Eudes Bamberger, Karen Armstrong, Teilhard de Chardin. But perhaps my greatest joy is to read about everyday folks in Langen's work, folks such as Carol Gomborone and her aunt, Lucille Rider, and to see Joe Langen's love come shining through. That is the true measure of a life well lived and one from which we can learn to appreciate our own lives.
Elizabeth Cahaney, Professor of Humanities Elizabethtown Community and Technical College --Elizabeth Cahaney
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Life is an adventure. You can ignore it and let life's winds blow you where they will. You can complain about the trip. Or you can embrace your travels and make the best of them. If you choose the third option, Navigating Life: Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage shows you how.
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Navigating LIfe:Commonsense Relections For the Voyage,
This review is from: NAVIGATING LIFE: Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage (Paperback)
I found the book to be very well written and easy to read. The author offers many topics of interest. The lab lessons are a wonderful guide for reflection.
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