Love and Courage

by Hugh Prather

Our lives are full of ups and downs, and experiences that break us and fulfill us. Author, minister, radio talk show host, and counselor Hugh Prather explores the many facets of life and ponders the values of love, courage, and more. Full of personal revelations. True to style, this book by Hugh Prather is packed with honest personal reflections and inspirational thoughts that provide insights into life. Prather records both his observations and sometimes startling personal revelations on his longings and commitments, his mistakes and anguish. By revealing his deepest thoughts from his diary, Prather welcomes us into a shared human experience and invites us to explore his perspective on life. Simple yet profound, personal yet universal. Prather’s works comprise more than meaningful quotes―they ask us to question and explore our own thoughts on love and life. Their meaning is magnified because they not only inspire but change us. And, Prather’s unique ability to speak both personally and universally makes his wisdom accessible to all. Anyone seeking spiritual or emotional growth will find it in Prather's Love and Courage . Learn more If you enjoyed books like The Book of Awakening , Welcoming the Unwelcome , or Soul Keeping , then you’ll want to read Love and Courage .

Genres: Self Help, Spirituality

155 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2001

About the author

Hugh Prather, Jr. was a writer, minister, and counselor, most famous for his first book, Notes to Myself. , which was first published in 1970 by Real People Press. It has sold over 5 million copies, and has been translated into ten languages.
Together with his second wife, Gayle Prather, whom he married in 1965, he wrote other books, including The Little Book of Letting Go; "I Touch the Earth, The Earth Touches Me"; How to Live in the World and Still Be Happy; I Will Never Leave You: How Couples Can Achieve The Power Of Lasting Love; Spiritual Notes to Myself: Essential Wisdom for the 21st Century; Shining Through: Switch on Your Life and Ground Yourself in Happiness; Spiritual Parenting: A Guide to Understanding and Nurturing the Heart of Your Child; Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions; A Book of Games: A Course in Spiritual Play; Love and Courage; Notes to Each Other; A Book for Couples; The Quiet Answer; and There is a Place Where You Are Not Alone.
Born in Dallas, the younger Hugh Prather earned a bachelor's degree at Southern Methodist University in 1966 after study at Principia College and Columbia University. He studied at the University of Texas at the graduate level without taking a degree. While he could be categorized as a New Age writer, he drew on Christian language and themes and seemed comfortable conceiving of God in personal terms. His work underscored the importance of gentleness, forgiveness, and loyalty; declined to endorse dramatic claims about the power of the individual mind to effect unilateral transformations of external material circumstances; and stressed the need for the mind to let go of destructive cognitions in a manner not unlike that encouraged by the cognitive-behavioral therapy of Aaron T. Beck and the rational emotive behavior therapy commended by Albert Ellis.

Reviews

[Anju Pruthi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the kind of book which is an everyday morning refreshing cuppa and clear, sparkling, bubbly champagne ;BOTH at the same time; and quite effortlessly, at that !!! Creations like these, cannot be reviewed; they can only be savoured again and again, and each time one reads it, the simplicity of thought offers a new, fresh perspective.

This book is about the old values- unselfishness, loyalty, honesty, forgiveness, courage ; on each page an epiphany, a tug of the heart, a gasp of recognition . The author's eloquent wisdom would be turned to - again and again.

[Alene · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much inspiration in this book that I felt like if I read it all at once I would never remember how beautiful each piece was. Great insights, I have much to learn about life.

[Cesar Trujillo · Rating 1 out of 5]

skip it! My lord, this wanders and undulates till there is no sense in anything that is written.