Following the path : the search for a life of passion, purpose, and joy / Joan Chittister
- Author
- Chittister, Joan
- Published
- New York : Image, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 188 pages ; 20 cm
- Contents
- Finding the way home to myself -- The search for happiness and meaning in life -- What does enjoyment have to do with happiness? -- What does it mean to become the fullness of ourselves? -- Whose call is it? -- Learning to hear the call -- What does it mean "to have a purpose"? -- Purpose and passion : the essence of call -- Why does it take so long to find out who I am? -- What is a gift? -- Why follow the gifts? -- What does it mean to have a call? -- The first call : an invitation to adulthood -- The second call -- The third call -- Is everything we'd like to do really a call? -- How do I know if I have a call? -- How do I know I'm doing what I'm meant to do? -- What does a sense of call have to do with the spiritual life? -- Should I try various things before deciding what to do? -- Is it possible to have more than one call? -- Is it ever too late to start over? -- Where is God in all of this?
- Summary
- The author uses advice and insight to help readers find purpose, happiness, and fulfillment in their lives.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780307953988
030795398X - Collection
- Penn State University Archives Book and Serial Collection.
- Source of Acquisition
- PSU Archives copy: Gift of Joan Chittister; 2012.
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