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Question; Giving thanks: Is there a book that you are thankful you have read? Maybe it has changed your life in a small or even a large way, or made you see things in a different perspective.
Answer: A book that changed my life is Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. I took an online class on Native American Spirituality and this is one of the books that we discussed. Something odd happened while I was reading it. It was as if the message of the book suddenly infused itself into me. My teacher for this course, David Brandstein, often talked of the connection between all life and although I understood this concept, when I read Ceremony, it was as if the book showed it to me, with it's story and with it's message.
Other books that I am grateful for are several books by Charles de Lint. Before I found his books, I had imagined certain concepts, story lines of other magical worlds hiding in plain sight if only we could be open enough to see them. His books are all about that. When I started reading them I felt an overwhelming wonder that I had finally found an author who saw into my soul. It's like he showed me what writing, imagination and inspiration can be like. This might sound overdramatic, but it is very true.
So tell me, what books are you thankful for?
