Comments on: No Time Like the Present {A Book a Day 15} https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/ on Life and Love Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Karen, the next best thing to mummy https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332126 Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:47:26 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332126 I am going to download this to my kindle#anythinggoes

]]> By: Jean Wise https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332113 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:25:08 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332113 I struggle with this too. I am enrolled in a year long class by Spirituality and Practice and one week – soon – will be on being present. Hoping to learn something!

]]> By: Amy https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332103 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:56:58 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332103 I think I’m equal parts past, present, and future, but not in a good way, LOL. This sounds like a needed book for me!

]]> By: Lynn D. Morrissey https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332100 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:36:03 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332100 There is surely a “present” in the present, isn’t there? One way of experiencing it is to journal about it . . . or at least jot down the small gems that are strewn along today’s path. Granted, in rereading them, the present becomes the past, but there is still a gift in it, bringing it to one’s recollection in exact detail, because, indeed, “The stories we tell of our past are written on water. Research shows that much of what we remember isn’t true.” When we record in the immediacy of the present, we are telling the truth to ourselves (hopefully)! 🙂
Love you and your wonderful recommendations.
xo
Lynn
PS I am currently reading the journal of my friend’s 3G grandmother. It is an extraordinary peek into life in the 1800s, and about her perilous journey across the ocean from a very comfortable (likely middleclass life in England), with property, beautiful home, etc, to carving out a daunting life in what she describes as the wilderness (in IL, not too far from where I live in MO). Because she recorded her life experiences in the present, she captured the hardships, the joys, the way of life then, and her strong faith in God, that I now enjoy in what was yet future to her. And I can see how my Christian friend (whom I met so long ago at church in high school), has a rich heritage. Lisa, you read about “Ralphie” in my book, and about his darling brother Donald dying in Viet Nam. Donald came from sturdy stock, and he laid down his life for the country that his 3G grandmother Jane helped tame. Fascinating!

]]> By: Jerralea Winn Miller https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332099 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:19:10 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332099 As a recovering perfectionist, my eyes zeroed in on this quote: “Forget the tyranny of perfection. The point is not to perfect yourself. It is to perfect your love.”

Perfect your love. I like that.

]]> By: Martha J Orlando https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332098 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:58:16 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332098 I love the last quote you featured here, Lisa. Life isn’t about perfection, it’s about love.
Blessings!

]]> By: Lynn https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332097 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:50:35 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332097 Gosh, I think I read that book some time ago! Or it may have been his previous book. Regardless, I love the how he directs to “perfect your love” which is what Jesus teaches and directs us to do.

]]> By: Kym @ A Fresh Cup of Coffee https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332095 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:16:11 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332095 For the most part, I’m a “live in the present” person, but the downside for me is that I often fail to plan ahead well! This looks like a good book though!

]]> By: Linda Stoll https://lisanotes.com/no-time-like-the-present-a-book-a-day-15/#comment-332094 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:39:11 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=34587#comment-332094 speaking of time, i want to carve out a bit of it just to sit and scroll through your 28 days posts, Lisa. i know it’s a rich feast for mind and heart. and February could use some of that hope and joy.

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