Everything you need to know is out there somewhere—hidden amongst all the things that you don’t necessarily care to find out about.
What book revealed a secret to you that you were really glad to learn?
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I have read several of the Dalai Lama’s books, and each one has revealed secrets to me!! The best one is probably that I am but a drop of water, combined with all the other drops of water, I am the ocean!
Sandra, this reminds me of the Pete Seeger song, “Somos el barco; somos el mar”. this translates “we are the boat; we are the sea”……”I sail in you; you sail in me.”…we sail through life together.
Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion. I bought it thinking it would enhance my repertoire as a consensus building expert. Instead, it turned out to be a sort of defense against the dark arts of persuasion. It enlightened me to the subtle ways “compliance professionals,” such as marketing gurus and political organizations, can influence us without our realizing it. If I ruled the world, or at least all the school and college boards, it would be required reading for everyone.
One of my favorite things to do at the library is to search for old biographies; they often contain details that have not been taught in the typical public educational system. A book that I enjoyed mightily was a biography of Lafayette’s wife. I learned that when he returned to France from America and before the French Revolution, he was part of the French Royalists and because of this was imprisoned in Austria during the Revolution. His wife with their three daughters all went to join him in prison there for three years; they sent their young son to the United States to live with their friends George and Martha Washington during this time. When his wife returned to France to maintain rights to their property, she narrowly escaped being beheaded except for the intervention of the US Counsel in France! Amazing additions to the general information about one of our French ally heroes because of an author’s research and writing about his wife! It added much enjoyment to me with additional details about his and his family’s life!
That is so interesting. Thanks for sharing it, Patt. My favorite biographer to read is Caroly Erickson. She adds so much interesting detail about what ordinary daily life was like in the subject’s time.