tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post6312579660120772117..comments2024-03-27T07:16:25.551-05:00Comments on Dewey's Treehouse: Why I can't read self-help books anymoreMama Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06941211100125966917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-71228424333843713072015-08-16T12:52:00.759-05:002015-08-16T12:52:00.759-05:00I think we learn much more from A. Scripture, B. G...I think we learn much more from A. Scripture, B. Great Literature C. Great Philosophy (including for me great philosopher saints) than from a formulaic self help book, even if we think it is a formula we would like. As Peter Kreeft says, there is so much truth in literature.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576250498849625401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-86337690680218566652015-08-15T11:57:43.133-05:002015-08-15T11:57:43.133-05:00"To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to u..."To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand." Ortega y GassetMama Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941211100125966917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-1212813971341639692015-08-15T11:40:37.302-05:002015-08-15T11:40:37.302-05:00href="http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Quixo... href="http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Quixote-Jos%C3%A9-Ortega-Gasset/dp/0393001253" target="_blank">Meditations<br /><br />better link, I thinkSilviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-28586444806540968082015-08-15T11:39:30.243-05:002015-08-15T11:39:30.243-05:00:) Believe it or not, reading Don Quijote helps me...:) Believe it or not, reading Don Quijote helps me know who I am, it's making me research things, I'm talking to the girls about Spain, my dad, etc. And I found Ortega y Gasset's book, Meditaciones del Quijote -it's in English too-, (I think you'd love it, http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Quixote-Jos%C3%A9-Ortega-Gasset/dp/0393001253), and it all helps more than a self help. That and, of course, a good reading of Scriptures, which I'm still in the process of settling and establishing as my daily routine.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-31207983031580915372015-08-14T07:28:04.241-05:002015-08-14T07:28:04.241-05:00I like The Mind of the Maker too!
Don Quijote as ...I like The Mind of the Maker too!<br /><br />Don Quijote as a self help tool--I like it! I picked our translation (for Year 8) last year based partly on your recommendation.Mama Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941211100125966917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10926562.post-60570458827239700452015-08-14T07:17:15.268-05:002015-08-14T07:17:15.268-05:00Oh, Ann, ditto. (Though I have never read a lot of...Oh, Ann, ditto. (Though I have never read a lot of self help, I had a time of devotional type books, and some are great -more like The Imitation of Christ , ;)-than contemporary ones.<br />The Mind of the Maker was revolutionary to me, I stopped seeing life as a set of problems and more a place where we are creating, developing our imagination, minds, and hearts.<br />I'm glad to see you enjoy that title (one day I will ), now I am enjoying a different self help too, Don Quijote. Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.com