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Pleasures and Ponderings: From Nun to Nudist to Now

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I read the book Pleasures and Ponderings by Moreah Vestan a few chapters every night before going to sleep and found I looked forwawrd to it each night. While at first it seemed like the book was fun and interesting but "all about Moreah", it soon became evident that she was just as interested in helping others as herself.I'm going to read it AGAIN and this time make notes on many of the books and websites she recommends Her very interesting, enthusiastic and tenacious hold on life and the self-improvement of body, mind and soul is an inspiration to anyone!

Ms. Vestan is a connoisseur of experience, pure and simple, which she raises to an art form. She never loses her childlike wonder and delight in enjoying the simplest of things. One minute it is found ingredients in the refrigerator for a meal, the next enjoying herself at a nudist camp and coming up with always intriguing observations. An entrepreneur of the spirit and relisher of all experience!

She has broken the book up into 8 sections, from "Tasting and Savoring Life's Pleasures" to "Family Matters: Pigtails to Gray Hair" to "Figuring it Out". You can read 77 delightful vignettes, like daily meditations, that will have you laughing, bring wonder, share raw honesty, and experience pure joy from events like a wheelbarrow ride. These 2-4 page pieces each draw the reader in as if addressing questions, feelings and delights with a friend. Do one a day for your reminder to openness! The words in her Dedication probably say it about as well as anything: "To all who are nurtured in their pursuit of meaning, who delight in everyday pleasures, who grow from open-heartedness, and who love themselves and others with compassion."

Her work on this book deserves praise for her delight, wonder, honesty, zaniness, and love that she relates beautifully through the stories of daily rituals. As her stories seep into you, you find yourself seeing, living experiences never even dreamed of, but suddenly enjoyed. It is a book of possibility. Are you stymied or stuck in your thinking or your life? Read these pages and be ready for openings into new possibilities! It inspires with its imagination, soothes with its tender care, jolts with its fascination of all that's around us. . I got a chance to experience great depth and breadth of living. Let yourself feel it all! Enjoy yourself on the journey!

Moreah's reflections touch a chord with me on my life long search for a perfect partner. I have gone through many, many relationships and have learned from each one. I shared in that process with her.

I'm struck by her writing style. Each vignette is an adventure in itself.

Moreah has an easy, yet interesting array of essays that are a delight to read...it's the kind of book you want to take to bed read and relish in a leisurely fashion.

As the title suggests, Moreah veston has lived an interesting life. Her candid personal essays celebrate her free spirit and inspire the reader to relish life's small daily pleasures.