Before I Go
eBook - ePub

Before I Go

Letters to Our Children about What Really Matters

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eBook - ePub

Before I Go

Letters to Our Children about What Really Matters

About this book

Most parents have no trouble telling their children how to dress, drive, study, or shave, but struggle to talk with them about how best to live-about real love, faith, integrity, values, true enrichment, and success. In the tradition of Tuesdays With Morrie, Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft shares with us the wisdom that he has compiled for his children as his best gift to them. Readable and browsable, these heart to heart chats present priceless truths to live by in a casual yet compelling way.

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Information

Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9781580512305
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. 1. From the Dying to the Living
  3. 2. Who Am I To Give Advice?
  4. 3. The Best Thing in Life
  5. 4. If There Was Time to Say Just One Thing
  6. 5. Everything Is Love
  7. 6. The Most Important Person
  8. 7. Memento mori
  9. 8. A One-Minute, Life-Changing Prayer
  10. 9. What Is “A Good Person”?
  11. 10. “Do Your Best”?
  12. 11. What I Pray for Every Day
  13. 12. The Meaning of Life—In One Sentence
  14. 13. What Does “I Love You” Mean?
  15. 14. Time = Life = Family
  16. 15. No Way Out?
  17. 16. What Is Honesty?
  18. 17. Optimism and Pessimism
  19. 18. Live in the Present
  20. 19. A Sane Scale of Values
  21. 20. Self-Esteem
  22. 21. “Mother”
  23. 22. What to Do with Time: Some Practical Advice
  24. 23. Sacred Time
  25. 24. One Minute To Sanity
  26. 25. Where the Good Stuff Comes From
  27. 26. Laugh!
  28. 27. Grudgelessness
  29. 28. What’s the Big Deal about Church?
  30. 29. Something about Sex
  31. 30. Modern Times
  32. 31. What Is a Family?
  33. 32. Only One Thing Necessary
  34. 33. How to Be a Good Person: Step One
  35. 34. Step Two: Ten Ways to Be a Good Person
  36. 35. Step Three: The Payoff
  37. 36. Life Is Art
  38. 37. The Four Most Important Choices of Your Life
  39. 38. Three Idols
  40. 39. One Gift for You
  41. 40. How Do You Get to Heaven from Here?
  42. 41. Honor
  43. 42. Life as Fetal Rehearsals
  44. 43. Mornings
  45. 44. Some Maxims
  46. 45. Divine Grace and Human Freedom
  47. 46. Money
  48. 47. Style
  49. 48. The Oprah Piss Test
  50. 49. Simplicity
  51. 50. Emptiness
  52. 51. Lesson from a Great Poet
  53. 52. Stop and Smell the Roses
  54. 53. Love’s Logic
  55. 54. How to Make It Easy to Be Good
  56. 55. Temptations of Old Age
  57. 56. The Highest Wisdom
  58. 57. Forgiving
  59. 58. One Word
  60. 59. Jesus the Comedian
  61. 60. Lord Truth
  62. 61. The Four Dimensions
  63. 62. “Religion”
  64. 63. Nevers
  65. 64. Work and Play
  66. 65. Dying Is Beginning
  67. 66. Why You Exist
  68. 67. Prayers for Children
  69. 68. K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
  70. 69. Therapy for Fear
  71. 70. Slow Down
  72. 71. “Be Good.” “Why?”
  73. 72. Simple Things
  74. 73. Understanding
  75. 74. If
  76. 75. Life Is a Fish Fry
  77. 76. How to Get Peace and Social Justice
  78. 77. Peace
  79. 78. Why We Need Unhappiness
  80. 79. Why Honesty Is the Most Important Virtue
  81. 80. The Profoundest Wisdom
  82. 81. Last Resort
  83. 82. Gratitude
  84. 83. Three Stupid Thoughts
  85. 84. How to Deal with Difficult People
  86. 85. All Fathers Fail but One
  87. 86. The Best Gift to Your Kids
  88. 87. One-Word Advice for Marriage
  89. 88. Two Philosophies of Life
  90. 89. Holy Shit
  91. 90. Jacob’s Ladder
  92. 91. Forgive
  93. 92. What to Do Ten Times a Day to Be Happy
  94. 93. What Not to Do Ten Times a Day
  95. 94. Ten Sentences Nobody Ever Uttered on His Deathbed
  96. 95. Priorities
  97. 96. Eat the Fruits in the Toy Box
  98. 97. The Burning I
  99. 98. Mystic to the Max: A Lesson in Comparative Religions
  100. 99. You Wanna be a Saint?
  101. 100. “Joy in Suffering”—Impossible?
  102. 101. Nature and Grace
  103. 102. Anorexia of the Soul
  104. 103. Bumpers and Bleeders versus Noodles and Skeletons
  105. 104. How to Be Wiser, Happier, and Better in Seven Minutes
  106. 105. God Is a Comedian
  107. 106. A Realistic Thought Experiment
  108. 107. Hokiness
  109. 108. Blessed Mess
  110. 109. A Parable about Walls
  111. 110. Your Life: Four Images
  112. 111. “I Didn’t Deserve That”
  113. 112. “Liberal” or “Conservative”?
  114. 113. When You Fail
  115. 114. Love and Pain
  116. 115. Cheap Psychiatry
  117. 116. The Power of Confession
  118. 117. Minds and Mouths
  119. 118. Keep a Chapbook
  120. 119. God and Play
  121. 120. What It Means to Be Pro-Life
  122. 121. The Inner Zoo
  123. 122. Dying is Easy
  124. 123. “Blessed Are the Poor”
  125. 124. Surfing Wisdom
  126. 125. The Beauty of Sadness
  127. 126. Have Kids
  128. 127. “What Can We Do to Make You Happy?”
  129. 128. The Most Precious Gift
  130. 129. Sacrifices
  131. 130. Trickling to the Sea
  132. 131. An Unnecessary Book
  133. 132. Uniqueness
  134. 133. God Has Children But No Grandchildren
  135. 134. The Meaning of Sunlight
  136. 135. Work and Play—and Roses
  137. 136. Natural Time
  138. 137. Why the Good Suffer
  139. 138. What We Want Most of All
  140. 139. Four Things to Make You Happy
  141. 140. Pages Stuck Together
  142. 141. How Communion Works
  143. 142. Don’t Balance
  144. 143. “Pay It Forward”
  145. 144. When Everything Seems Senseless
  146. 145. The Wisdom of Childhood
  147. 146. Better Than Right
  148. 147. My Obsession
  149. 148. Reasons
  150. 149. If God Became a Cat
  151. 150. The Big Picture
  152. 151. What Acts Change the World the Most?
  153. 152. Seven Questions, One Answer
  154. 153. The Practical Solution to the Problem of Evil
  155. 154. Handicaps
  156. 155. Why Bad Days Are Good
  157. 156. Our Dyslexia
  158. 157. We Are Designed to Burn
  159. 158. Simple-Hearted
  160. 159. Why So Much Religion?
  161. 160. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
  162. 161. When I Die
  163. 162. The Last Word
  164. About the Author