Charlie and Linda Bloom's first book 101 THINGS I WISH I KNEW
WHEN I GOT MARRIED / New World Library
finally puts a face on one of my favorite quotes from Teilhard de Chardin ;
The only right love is that between couples whose
passion leads them both, one through the other, to a higher
possession of their being .
As a psychotherapist , with over 30 years experience dealing
with love and relationship, I can unequivocally say that relationship
is the true test of who we really are.
And relationship is what this book is all about.
Charlie and linda take on the test of relationship with humor and
pathos and each of their simple one and two page lessons are tasty
morsels to be slowly digested and savored .
I especially liked these ;
# 10 It isn't conflict that destroys marriages; it's the cold,
smoldering resentment that is bred by withholding.
# 35 The cost of a lie is far greater than any advantage
you gain from speaking it.
# 76 Of all the benefits of marriage, the greatest is the
possibility of using this relationship to become a more
loving person.
Which leads me to my concluding point ~ this book should be
read as a prep for not just marriage but for relationship in general .
It's truths are simple and wise and are based on a 31 year marriage that
has obviously made both Charlie and Linda more loving persons.
And now the unreal.
George Will to publish book of children's stories
Written by Doug Powers
Will: Fledglings will procure interest in my extrapolation of lore handed down by progenitors for the apocryphal beguilement of their lineage.
Conservative commentator and author George Will has announced that he is in the midst of publishing a book of classic children's stories. " FableTruncation" , will feature Will's brief yet brilliant interpretation of many classic children's stories, including "The Three Little Pigs": "In summation, two of three diminutive quadrupeds and their architecturally inadequate homes succumb to excessive Canis lupis exhalation, but escape ingurgitation after cohabitating with a contemporary possessive of a structurally sound dwelling." And what child won't be lost in wonderment after reading Will's take on Alice in Wonderland: "It is not an abject certainty, but the likelihood that Alice was delusional must be reconnoitered as a plausible assumption. Any other verisimilitude would represent an atypical discovery." The book will include Will's take on 20 children's classics . According to Will, "Concerning the parturiency of my omnibus, I am sanguine that fledgling homosapiens will procure interest in my extrapolation of lore handed down by progenitors for the apocryphal beguilement of their lineage.""You heard what George said...this book is going to sell itself!"
Of course, this is fictitious ~ but to anyone who has read one of Will's columns ~ it is anything but fictitious.
ONLY THE TRUTH IS REVOLUTIONARY
