Making the Good Life Last

Michael Schuler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2009
Berrett-Koehler (Verlag)
978-1-57675-570-9 (ISBN)

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Deconstructing the assumption that consumption, stimulation, and constant motion comprise the good life, this book urges the embrace of sustainability as an operational principle and a life-sustaining core value. It presents sustainability as a frame of reference that can ground us spiritually, heal us internally, and deepen our relationships.

So many of us are beset by anxiety, depression, loneliness, and spiritual malaise, tense and unhappy despite our gadgets and goodies. Michael Schuler, leader of the nation's largest Unitarian Universalist congregation, says it's because, urged on by an aggressively materialist culture, we too often opt for short-term gratification and long-term denial. In this thoughtful and deeply honest book, he helps us find a life path that leads to treasures of perennial value: a beautiful and healthy earth home, enduring relationships, strong communities, work that contributes to the common good, and play that restores our bodies and lifts our souls.

Deconstructing the assumption that consumption, stimulation, and constant motion comprise the good life, Schuler urges the wholesale embrace of sustainability as both an operational principle and a life-sustaining core value. His book presents sustainability as a coherent frame of reference that can ground us spiritually, heal us internally, and deepen our relationships. Schuler identifies four behavioral principles for living sustainably Pay Attention, Stay Put, Exercise Patience, and Practice Prudence and shows how to apply them in our daily lives. He uses stories from his own life to illuminate the rewards and challenges of sustainable living and shares insights from environmentalists, social commentators, writers, poets, businesspeople, and spiritual leaders.

The Reverend Dr. Michael A. Schuler serves as the parish minister of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. During his twenty one-year tenure, the society has grown rapidly to over 1,500 adult members, 500 children, and approximately 200 active affiliates.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.6.2009
Verlagsort	San Francisco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 216 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
ISBN-10	1-57675-570-3 / 1576755703
ISBN-13	978-1-57675-570-9 / 9781576755709
Zustand	Neuware