Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life | Gregg Michael Levoy

Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life | Gregg Michael Levoy | Mesmerizing and Enduring

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	Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life Gregg Michael Levoy Three Rivers Press, 1998 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 43 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

How do we know if we're following our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that are beckoning us?

is the first book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which they come to us. A calling may be to do something (change careers, go back to school, have a child) or to be something (more creative, less judgmental, more loving). While honoring a calling's essential mystery, this book also guides readers to ask and answer the fundamental questions that arise from any calling: How do we recognize it? How do we distinguish the true call from the siren song? How do we handle our resistance to a call? What happens when we say yes? What happens when we say no?

Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and powerful stories of people who have followed their own calls, Gregg Levoy shows us the many ways to translate a calling into action. In a style that is poetic, exuberant, and keenly insightful, he presents an illuminating and ultimately practical inquiry into how we listen and respond to our calls, whether at work or at home, in our relationships or in service. Callings is a compassionate guide to discovering your own callings and negotiating the tight passages to personal power and authenticity.

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a gift that keeps on giving

This book is a book that should be read by every person at some point in their lives if not several times in their lives. I have read and re-read Callings several times and each time there is something new to gain from this deep and insightful work. Gregg Levoy's writing is so full and intertwined with ideas, stories, practical exercises and inspiration, that depending on the point you are at in your life, this is the book for you. Whether you have no idea what you want to do with your life, or you need to refine your callings (as Levoy writes we all have more than one), there is a story in this work for you. When I first read Callings I believed I had a good handle of what my calling is, and by the end of my first reading my vision and calling had expanded exponentially. Now I return to this great book to further refine, and find new life in old callings - and to find new callings as my life-path continues. What a gift - and I say again - a must read for a fulfilling life!

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Mesmerizing and Enduring

"Callings" is one of my all-time favorite books. The beautiful writing is enhanced by the deep and practical non-stop references he makes to underscore his key points. There's an expression about writers that absolutely applies to him and that is: "Wow, can he turn a phrase!" This book was seductive to me and made me want to savor every page, re-read it and commit it to memory. The stories connect us back to ourselves and what feeds our souls. A true jewel that I am grateful to have found.

Besides the great stories, the pace of the book continued to draw me in and enchant me with one compelling idea after another. The selected and numerous references became great fodder for future reading as well.

One of my favorite phrases (that I cannot remember the context for but is great nonetheless): "mainlining the Serenity Prayer." Gotta love it!

Gregg's work is a gift to anyone who is breathing.

K. Osta
Asheville, NC

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A Classic on Living On Purpose

I first read Callings when I was given a magazine assignment to write an article on living on purpose. My galley copy is still one that I cherish and have read a number of times in the past decade. Not only is the message sound and true, the way Gregg writes is poetic and melodious. As a writer myself, I read many passages with envy, wondering how he could connect words so well.

When I finally met him for the article interview, I discovered that he writes like he speaks, or is it that he speaks as he writes. In either case, it's wonderful to hear and read.

Feeling a little down about life? Feeling a bit lost and uninspired. Pick up a copy of this book today, and treat yourself to a wonderful reading experience -- one that could quite honesty change your life.

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