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The Gift of Being Yourself: the Sacred Call to Self-Discovery by David G. Benner

charityjohnson's review against another edition

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4.0

Hard to review--it depends on what you really need to hear. My husband loved this book (and would give it 5 stars). I liked it but I apparently had moved beyond it.

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

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5.0

It is often the shorter books that stay with you the longest. This book was incredibly thought provoking and really changed the way I view both myself and my relationship with God. Definitely a book to use a journal with.

rzeiset's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

blairrose22's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

7rosiek's review against another edition

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5.0

I think everyone should read this! Just so good! I listened to audio book and have paper copy coming this week so i can re-read and highlight!

sramey's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

bethlockard's review against another edition

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5.0

Excellent and thought-provoking!

lory_enterenchanted's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

Reviews and more on my blog: Entering the Enchanted Castle

Short guide to the practice of "knowing oneself by knowing God" - not as a theoretical exercise, but as a relationship. Knowing = deep, intimate communion with a real person. When we truly enter into this relationship, we don't doubt our knowledge of God, any more than we doubt our knowledge of a loved one. This in turn leads to a grounding in our true nature and calling. Our true self is not something we have to create or achieve, but a gift from God.

I always have a hard time paying attention to audiobooks, so I'd rather go over this again on paper, but my library only had this version. There were a lot of nice phrasings that I'd like to remember, but they went by without my capturing them.

I wish that this and all audiobook producers would give attention to marking somehow when direct quotes begin and end. There was lots of quoted or paraphrased material in this book and it was often impossible to tell it from Benner's own ideas and words.

sammydee25's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

2.5