Exceptional Life: Living the Life You Were Meant to Live.Exceptional Life Kurt W. DuNard Crane Press PO Box 680367, Franklin, TN 37068 USA 0976583887 $19.95 240 pages (800) 745-6273 info@CranePress.com "Exceptional Life: Living the Life You Were Meant to Live" is an informative study and perhaps a celebration of the "Purpose Driven Life", explained in an earlier publication by Kurt W. DuNard and so titled. As a manual, or tool to enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. , "Exceptional Life" contains specific techniques and suggestions to help the reader achieve purpose, meaning, and balance in life. Exercises and journal writing are among the effective approaches suggested. Author DuNard (a leading expert at helping people find their life purpose for more than thirty years) writes both inspirationally in·spi·ra·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to inspiration. 2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration. 3. Resulting from inspiration. and practically. One of the most interesting chapters is "Legacy--a Different Kind of Immortality immortality, attribute of deathlessness ascribed to the soul in many religions and philosophies. Forthright belief in immortality of the body is rare. Immortality of the soul is a cardinal tenet of Islam and is held generally in Judaism, although it is not an ". In it DuNard suggests that everyone could make a life plan to create a legacy, related to his/her raison d'etre rai·son d'ê·tre n. pl. rai·sons d'être Reason or justification for existing. [French : raison, reason + de, of, for + être, to be. and purpose in life. DuNard further suggests reading "The Man Who Planted Trees," by Jean Gono to gain a fuller understanding of the "true feeling of legacy." DuNard also speaks of the "Namaste Namasté or Namaskar (नमस्ते [nʌmʌsˈteː] Attitude", or frame of mind, which enables one to give blessings to others. A very strongly recommended addition to personal and business self-help Redressing or preventing wrongs by one's own action Without Recourse to legal proceedings. Self-help is a term in the law that describes corrective or preventive measures taken by a private citizen. , self-improvement reading lists, "Exceptional Life" ranges from finding your purpose in life, or raison d'etre, to planning your ultimate legacy, spiritual, mental and physical. |
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