- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Harperone; 1 edition (Mar 29 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0062516825
- ISBN-13: 978-0062516824
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 16.3 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #807,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Like the delicate finger exercises that help pianists achieve great sonatas, Stretching Lessons reads like a series of contemplative exercises that help readers achieve great wisdom. Writing with utter humility and humanity, Sue Bender shares the private (and sometimes painful) life lessons that have helped her stretch into a bigger person. We read of Bender as a sixth-grade girl who didn't get chosen for the accelerated progress class, and how her body helped her find a face-saving solution. Sometimes her confessions are downright comforting, particularly since this author of Plain and Simple and Everyday Sacred lets us know that she still struggles with creating too much struggle:
I am wiser.Consider this an in-and-out book, one that can be opened to any page, where readers will find brief one-to-three-page essays about stretching into one's biggest self, biggest dream, biggest life. Although it's billed as a memoir, don't expect a tightly woven literary narrative. Even so, the airy format with plenty of white space manages to convey a strong sense of Bender's life and the common ground we all find in her experiences. --Gail HudsonAnd I am still struggling...
I'm sixty-six years old and I want to learn about ease.
From Library Journal
Bender, author of Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish, as well as Everyday Sacred, has written a new account of her continued efforts at spiritual growth. While this book is not so rooted in exceptional experiences as its two predecessors, Bender is undoubtedly a writer of charm and persuasion, and she pursues the theme of spiritual renewal (stretching) with sweet, calmly written anecdotes and insights. Recommended; likely to be popular where Bender's other books have found an audience, or where there is a strong audience for women's spirituality.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Like reading her personal journal,
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This review is from: Stretching Lessons (Hardcover)
This is the first book I have read from the trilogy and I intend to visit my library soon to read the first, since my mother was an Amish Mennonite.Many aspects of the journey she describes in this book resonated with my own. I can't say that I really get the "struggling versus ease" clearly enough to apply it myself but I am willing to be taught. Maybe that is the point. I think this sort of book is not one that you can accept or reject logically. It either resonates or it does not, or maybe not until later, when one is ready. I heartily recommend that you try it on for timeliness.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The combination of the three books changed how I live daily,
By Linda J. Schiller-hanna "Blessed one" (northeast Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stretching Lessons (Hardcover)
I have ADD and its always been hard for me to focus on everydaysimple...getting the house in order, spending time being quiet, etc. I read all three books in the same few days, in reverse order and frankly the content of each distinctive book is jumbled in my mind...however the overall impact has been amazing. For the first time in over 20 years I am in the process of deep cleaning and organizing my home/life and its finally shaping up into an environment I enjoy. The Sacred in it, the Amish references, the patterning of thought and example given in the three books hooked to my heart in a way nothing else has before. I am so grateful for these books. I gave them away to a treasured friend tied in a big bow. She was delighted!
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointed,
By A Customer
This review is from: Stretching Lessons: The Daring That Starts From Within (Paperback)
I very much enjoyed Plain and Simple, and also Everyday Sacred, so I was expecting a grand finale to a charming trilogy. Instead I encountered self-absorption to an extreme degree and despite the simplicity of the text I simply couldn't get past half way. I think Sue Bender needs to do some volunteer work, or just somehow get out of her own head for a while.
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