For a traditional family this book has plenty of great insights that I am sure are well documented by previous reviewers. I would not pass this book onto a divorced friend, I think it would make them feel bad. I separate "family values" from "habits and character" because in many cases the decision to end a marriage is a very positive one for some people. I have not studied this book completely, I read the first quarter and the moralizing about family values began to interfere with the exploration about habits and character. could have been withheld and the book would not have suffered. I think this book is a little unfortunate in that if you don't fit a model for a traditional family you may feel as if you are not worthy. I like what he has to say about character and I was very interested when he segued into real life anecdotes from his own family. This book helped me to understand (even if I don't agree with) the conservative emphasis on "family" and "traditional family". I admit I like to read books in this genre. I wish I could've met him, even if I do believe we would've had a very hard time relating, because are values are too different. This books tells you how to trust in yourself and build your own road. Even if he's a very heteronormative and prude mormon and you're, say, a BDSM transsexual pagan. And once you start to make those principle yours, you will know how to apply them to your own thoughts and beliefs. I've been on this series for more than 10 years and I haven't finished, and I feel it's the only personal growth book I'll ever need. This book has material for years and years of deep reflexion and personal growth. ![]() His own biais is only human, and if you understand that you won't hold him grief like some people I have seen, who rejected these principles solely on that. But in his writings I get the feeling that he is intelligent enough to let people be their own judges. But to read this, you must at least be strong enough to discriminate against the pure principles he tries to transmit, and his own vision of them. And with the help of it, I was able to change myself in ways I couldn't have hoped for. I was very low in life when this book landed in my hands. ![]() ![]() But as he said it, they are so vast that life isn't enough to fully understand and master them, which is why we must teach them to the next generations, so that they can continue perfecting them. The author might've been a mormon and I might find some of their acts horrendous, he might've said stupid homophobic stuff, the theory behind his book is so solid that we can judge these actions as having strayed from the principles he was enlightened enough to isolate and put into words.
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