Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
by Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Author: Sarah Ban Breathnach
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08
ISBN: 044679774X
Publisher: Warner Books

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Book Review: I was very disappointed in this book.
Summary: 1 Stars

If you are a Christian, beware of this book and keep it away from young minds. While religion is mentioned over and again, it isn't from a Christian perspective. It is from a New Age perspective and from what I did read of it, doesn't actually refer to God very often. When she does, it is in a blasphemous way. Here is a quote from March 3rd: "If this is not what the Great Creator intended when She created the Sabbath, then I have no idea what is Sacred." I was wary when I began this book and now I see that it was with good reason. I do not recommend this book. I will be disposing of mine and saying a prayer for the misguided author.

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Summary of Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy

With the grace of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea and the wisdom of M. Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled, Simple Abundance is a book of 366 evocative essays-one for every day of your year-written for women who wish to live by their own lights. In the past a woman's spirituality has been separated from her lifestyle. Simple Abundance shows you how your daily life can be an expression of your authentic self ... as you choose the tastiest vegetables from your garden, search for treasures at flea markets, establish a sacred space in your home for meditation, and follow the rhythm of the seasons and the year. Here, for the first time, the mystical alchemy of style and Spirit is celebrated. Every day, your own true path leads you to a happier, more fulfilling and contented way of life-the state of grace known as... Embrace its gentle lessons, savor its sublime common sense, dare to live its passionate truth, and share its extraordinary and exhilarating gift with every woman you encounter: the authentic self is the Soul made visible.

This book features 366 essays penned from a woman's perspective. Sample topics include gratitude, harmony, self-nurturing, positive body image, the importance of scented linen closets, and many others. Each essay sports a pithy quote from (surprise!) the likes of Kahlil Gibran. Viewed uncritically, it's hard to argue with Simple Abundance's earnest admonitions to appreciate life, in all its messy imperfect excellence. And the fact that serenity and happiness are each in dreadfully short supply can excuse some of the treacly writing. But Breathnach sometimes lapses into what can only be described as her "Martha Stewart on Prozac" voice, and the results are aggravating to the extreme: "If you've been hesitant to strike up a reciprocal relationship with your guardian angel, don't be." Fans of guardian angels will greet these feel-good essays every morning with the rising sun, a cup of mint tea, and a bluebird chirping on the windowsill, and be happy. Skeptics will prefer their coffee very black.

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