The Authors' Garret

This is the authors' quiet room, where we study, meditate, muse, and listen for inspiration. Some of the Haven Books authors' current recommendations for reading and study are:

"Man's Search for Meaning" - by Viktor Frankl
"The Artist's Way" - by Julia Cameron.
"The Road Less Traveled" - by Scott Peck
"The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" - by Stephen Covey (www.franklincovey.com)
"Manifest Your Destiny" - by Wayne Dyer
"Who Moved My Cheese?" - by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
"The User Illusion" - by Tor Norretranders
"Women Who Run With the Wolves" - by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
"Living Juicy" and "Succulent Wild Woman" - by SARK
"Illusions" - by Richard Bach
"Creative Visualization" - by Shakti Gawain
"Wherever You Go There You Are" - by Jon Kabat-Zinn
"2150 A.D." - by Thea Alexander

We'll keep adding to this list!

We recently heard a metaphor we like: "living above the store." We sell and market and exchange goods and services on one level. We must also cultivate a quiet place "above the store" where we nurture the soul, and fill our thought with inspiration.

This is from Julia Cameron's (author of "The Artist's Way") little book "Blessings." I opened to this today, and wanted to share it with you. Much love! Mara

I open my eyes, ears, and heart to the goodness all around me. Rather than focus on grandiose moments of dramatic change, I focus instead on the slight, steady, constant flow of improvement in my life. In every circumstance, in each encounter I tabulate a small, hidden blessing. I allow God to guide me into new eyes, clearer vision, the insight necessary to count and encounter my abundance. My desire to see my abundant blessings gives me eyes to see. My desire to hear my blessings gives me ears to hear. The desire of my heart to encounter and explore my blessings opens my inner horizons to depths and heights which are expansive, inspiring, and beautiful. I bless the alert attention which connects me to this world.