pivotal

 

PIVOTAL

adjective

1. Of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.

2. in which something turns or depends; central, crucial, critical, etc.

How many books have you read which you would describe as pivotal?

I've read hundreds and hundreds of books by now, I'm sure. But only a handful I'd call pivotal.

Creativity, by Matthew Fox is one of those few pivotal books for me. It turns me upside down, inside out, and back around again, like a kid playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey... And when the bandana comes off, I'm where I should have been all along... I've read it twice this summer. Lots of new ideas for me, but at the same time it feels like a HOMECOMING. I know I will read it again.

Here's one quote from Creativity:

"It is our creativity itself that lies at the essence of our humanity. This creativity is so powerful that with it we can create or destroy. Like the Scriptures say: "I put before you life or death. Choose life." What is before us is the power of creatvity-- it is a life-and-death-power. What is also before us is choice. It is a daily choice, an everyday choice, one that arises in all our relations from parenting to grandparenting, from work worlds to educational ones, from religion to economics, business, politics, and citizenship in all its forms. It affects what we eat and what we throw away; how we live and what we choose to say no to. This is the power of creativity. "Creativity" may be the nearest one-word definition we possess for the essence of our humanity, for the true meaning of "soul."

There's a great youtube clip of Matthew Fox talking about his book. Someday, I'll figure out how to put it here ___ ! But for now you can type in, Matthew Fox "Creativity" and watch it!

My other PIVOTAL books include:

Simple Abundance Sarah Ban Breathnach

A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson

Beauty by John O'Donohue

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd

Gotta run and do something creative today... What books have been pivotal in your life? I'd love to hear!

xoKelly

 

Comments

[traci]

I read Simple Abundance many years ago. Loved it. I need to dig that out and read it again. i love a good book. hope all is well with you!!

[Maria]

I'd like to add one that I've read several times: How Much Joy Can You Stand, by Susan Falter Barns. A little gem of a book about folllowing one's (creative) dreams.