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Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. This is the audio recording of David Foster Wallace delivering that very address. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.

How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? This speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend.

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is presented for the first time in audiobook form in This Is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.

At the very heart of God is the passionate disposition to be in loving fellowship with you. From the human side of this equation it is meditative prayer that ushers us into this divine-human fellowship. Richard Foster, best-selling author and founder of Renovare, writes these words as one who has experienced what they describe. And in this new book he will beautifully guide you in this transformational way, that you might come to know deeper fellowship with God.

Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love is a compassionate and practical guide that addresses the intensely personal issues of survivors of suicide (SOS). This gentle and faith-affirming resource helps survivors know what to expect, especially during the first year following a suicide. It includes personal stories of survivors and suggestions on how to move beyond survival to live life again.

Delve deep into the realm of meditations uniquely crafted to not just calm your mind, but to reverse the clock on aging. Longevity Unlocked takes a groundbreaking approach to meditation—blending the mystical with the scientific, targeting the very cells and soul. But why meditation for anti-aging? Research has shown that regular meditation can reduce age-related volume loss in various areas of the brain, improve sleep, reduce stress and its effects on the body, and even lengthen telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, potentially extending life.

Filled with real-life stories and practical advice, Called to Care starts by helping you honestly assess your motivation to help - sometimes the wrong motivation sets the stage for an unsuccessful experience. From there, the book shows what adoption and foster care really look like in a variety of situations, from domestic and international adoptions to short-term foster care and foster-to-adopt arrangements. Also included is how churches and individuals can minister to refugees.

In this groundbreaking book, renowned health and wellness expert Lex Foster provides a roadmap to a transformative journey, one that assures you of a vibrant, active life in your golden years.

"Qu'est-ce que la méditation ? Une pure fascination pour ce moment, exactement tel qu'il est." Pour Jeff Foster la méditation ce n'est pas être assis, immobile à certains moments de la journée dans un dojo ; la méditation c'est embrasser la vie dans tous ses aspects. Évoquant sa dépression, Jeff Foster raconte comment la méditation lui a littéralement sauvé la vie.