Author: Anita Adrain
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982231289
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The HeART of Feng Shui... Simply Put takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, learning how to reduce stress is living a heart-filled abundant life. For some, Feng Shui is a complex body of knowledge sometimes referred to as the art of placement. Anita Adrain simplifies the science and presents a new view of Feng Shui as ‘simply the study of energy’—an energy system that you already practice instinctively. You just haven’t been taught how to recognize and use it until now. A gentle and expert guide, she has created a format whereby readers participate in the practical principles that lead them to a deeper understanding of why there is ‘no-thing’ that they are not connected to energetically—including the intimate space of the home. Readers will discover a unique version of the Yin Yang symbol, energetic heart codes, wisdom from our Ancestors, and locate many other gems through clues and there is even a Treasure Map. All of these support raising awareness and consciousness, increasing personal frequency, and intentionally living a heart-felt life. This book is purposely designed to engage the reader in a style that enables them to awaken the genius within. Through note-making, and by answering questions, readers become active contributors, thereby discovering more about themselves and the profound impact the environment plays in living a healthy, holistic, abundant existence. By the time readers have completed this compact book they will have made an energetic shift, gaining a new awareness of the mind, body, spirit connection.
The Heart of Feng Shui... Simply Put
Author: Anita Adrain
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982231289
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The HeART of Feng Shui... Simply Put takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, learning how to reduce stress is living a heart-filled abundant life. For some, Feng Shui is a complex body of knowledge sometimes referred to as the art of placement. Anita Adrain simplifies the science and presents a new view of Feng Shui as ‘simply the study of energy’—an energy system that you already practice instinctively. You just haven’t been taught how to recognize and use it until now. A gentle and expert guide, she has created a format whereby readers participate in the practical principles that lead them to a deeper understanding of why there is ‘no-thing’ that they are not connected to energetically—including the intimate space of the home. Readers will discover a unique version of the Yin Yang symbol, energetic heart codes, wisdom from our Ancestors, and locate many other gems through clues and there is even a Treasure Map. All of these support raising awareness and consciousness, increasing personal frequency, and intentionally living a heart-felt life. This book is purposely designed to engage the reader in a style that enables them to awaken the genius within. Through note-making, and by answering questions, readers become active contributors, thereby discovering more about themselves and the profound impact the environment plays in living a healthy, holistic, abundant existence. By the time readers have completed this compact book they will have made an energetic shift, gaining a new awareness of the mind, body, spirit connection.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982231289
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The HeART of Feng Shui... Simply Put takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, learning how to reduce stress is living a heart-filled abundant life. For some, Feng Shui is a complex body of knowledge sometimes referred to as the art of placement. Anita Adrain simplifies the science and presents a new view of Feng Shui as ‘simply the study of energy’—an energy system that you already practice instinctively. You just haven’t been taught how to recognize and use it until now. A gentle and expert guide, she has created a format whereby readers participate in the practical principles that lead them to a deeper understanding of why there is ‘no-thing’ that they are not connected to energetically—including the intimate space of the home. Readers will discover a unique version of the Yin Yang symbol, energetic heart codes, wisdom from our Ancestors, and locate many other gems through clues and there is even a Treasure Map. All of these support raising awareness and consciousness, increasing personal frequency, and intentionally living a heart-felt life. This book is purposely designed to engage the reader in a style that enables them to awaken the genius within. Through note-making, and by answering questions, readers become active contributors, thereby discovering more about themselves and the profound impact the environment plays in living a healthy, holistic, abundant existence. By the time readers have completed this compact book they will have made an energetic shift, gaining a new awareness of the mind, body, spirit connection.
The Heart of Feng Shui... Simply Put
Author: Anita Adrain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781982231163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The HeART of Feng Shui... Simply Put takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment-learning how to reduce stress is living a heart-filled abundant life. For some, feng shui is a complex body of knowledge sometimes referred to as the art of placement. Anita Adrain simplifies the science and presents a new view of feng shui as simply the study of energy-an energy system that you already practice instinctively. You just haven't been taught how to recognize and use it until now. A gentle and expert guide, she has created a format whereby readers participate in the practical principles that lead them to a deeper understanding of why there is no-thing they are not connected to energetically, including the intimate space of the home. Readers will discover a unique version of the yin-yang symbol, energetic heart codes, wisdom from our ancestors, and locate many other gems through clues; and there is even a treasure map. All these support raising awareness and consciousness, increasing personal frequency, and intentionally living a heartfelt life. This book is purposely designed to engage the reader in a style that enables them to awaken the genius within. Through note-making and by answering questions, readers become active contributors, thereby discovering more about themselves and the profound impact the environment plays in living a healthy, holistic, and abundant existence. By the time readers have completed this compact book, they will have made an energetic shift, gaining a new awareness of the mind, body, and spirit connection.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781982231163
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The HeART of Feng Shui... Simply Put takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment-learning how to reduce stress is living a heart-filled abundant life. For some, feng shui is a complex body of knowledge sometimes referred to as the art of placement. Anita Adrain simplifies the science and presents a new view of feng shui as simply the study of energy-an energy system that you already practice instinctively. You just haven't been taught how to recognize and use it until now. A gentle and expert guide, she has created a format whereby readers participate in the practical principles that lead them to a deeper understanding of why there is no-thing they are not connected to energetically, including the intimate space of the home. Readers will discover a unique version of the yin-yang symbol, energetic heart codes, wisdom from our ancestors, and locate many other gems through clues; and there is even a treasure map. All these support raising awareness and consciousness, increasing personal frequency, and intentionally living a heartfelt life. This book is purposely designed to engage the reader in a style that enables them to awaken the genius within. Through note-making and by answering questions, readers become active contributors, thereby discovering more about themselves and the profound impact the environment plays in living a healthy, holistic, and abundant existence. By the time readers have completed this compact book, they will have made an energetic shift, gaining a new awareness of the mind, body, and spirit connection.
Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms
Author: Vannette Keast
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1642798665
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
In a world that traditionally treats people with illness by alleviating and placating symptoms, Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms gets to the real root of the cause. Explained in detail in Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms, Vannette posits that the internalization of extreme and rapid change—technology, politics, environmental—adversely affects the body, and negatively impacts the thyroid function because: The thyroid gland energetically partners with the heart and is a base harmonizer of emotion. In recognizing that FEAR is the body’s primal response to change, the symptoms of imbalance quickly begin to stack up for the human. Though we are no longer being chased by wild animals, the biological effects of fear, to grief, to loss, to breakdown, is evident nonetheless. Within Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms, discover how fast-paced inevitable change can be met with extreme self-care and learn about the body’s response system.
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1642798665
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
In a world that traditionally treats people with illness by alleviating and placating symptoms, Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms gets to the real root of the cause. Explained in detail in Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms, Vannette posits that the internalization of extreme and rapid change—technology, politics, environmental—adversely affects the body, and negatively impacts the thyroid function because: The thyroid gland energetically partners with the heart and is a base harmonizer of emotion. In recognizing that FEAR is the body’s primal response to change, the symptoms of imbalance quickly begin to stack up for the human. Though we are no longer being chased by wild animals, the biological effects of fear, to grief, to loss, to breakdown, is evident nonetheless. Within Overcoming Thyroid Symptoms, discover how fast-paced inevitable change can be met with extreme self-care and learn about the body’s response system.
Feng Shui for Architecture
Author: Simona Manini
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1413419615
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Feng Shui for Architecture is an easy-to-use manual to incorporate Scientific Feng Shui into the design, renovation, and decorating of your home. The final goal is to support your well-being, as well as your family's, in all aspects of life. It is also particularly useful during a real estate pre-acquisition inspection, for it offers examples of bad Feng Shui (to avoid), good Feng Shui (to desire), and how to correct any overall problems. This will help you to evaluate the kind of investment to be made and to make the property Feng Shui proof (as well as decide if you want to either buy it or pass on it). The only book on the market written by an architect, interior designer, and Feng Shui expert who has over 20 years of expertise in the fields of architectural planning, design, and Scientific Feng Shui Mastery, Feng Shui for Architecture is largely the result of answering frequent questions that have arisen over the years by concerned Feng Shui and Interior Architecture students in classes taught by the author as well as addressing common issues brought up by professional architects, designers, and clients with whom the author has consulted with during the development of hundreds of projects (and whom are also the same people who encouraged her to write this book). Editorial Reviews "Dr. Simona Mainini has an astonishing ability to interpret and install ancient Chinese formulas in such a way that they change lives today. Her discipline and precision in a field not often distinguished by these qualities is both unique and world class." Richard Ashworth Author of The Feng Shui Diaries Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the Feng Shui Society "Dr. Mainini is one of those few, wonderful people who have managed to weld together the strict disciplines of architectural practice with the aesthetics and philosophies of the ancient Chinese traditions of Feng Shui. Readers can be assured that what she writes is not founded just on theory alone, but sound, practical experience." Derek Walters Author of The Feng Shui Handbook & The Complete Guide to Chinese Astrology "Feng Shui for Architecture is an excellent guide for both the Feng Shui professional and layperson. You can benefit from the knowledge presented here and use it to make your environment as harmonious as possible." Larry Sang Author of The Principles of Feng Shui President & Founder of The American Feng Shui Institute "Feng Shui for Architecture has been extremely inspirational to me and many of my students at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). We are very impressed with Dr. Mainini's knowledge and experience. She brings a new pattern to design and architecture." Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, PhD Author of Movel Moderno no Brasil Professor, Design Department, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil "The title and subtitle promises a lot-- and this book delivers even more! Dr. Mainini has done a fabulous job organizing and explaining-- in a clear, precise manner-- the principles of Feng Shui and the ancient Chinese art of placement for good energy flow as it applies to the spaces in which we live and work. Not only is this book great for the preparation of buildings, it is also extremely useful even if you are only searching for an energetically superior apartment, house, or office space to rent. If you are looking for an invaluable source of Feng Shui information to help bring harmony to your living and working space and your life, this is a book for you. I applaud Dr. Mainini for the publishing of this, her first book, and highly recommend it to those who want to learn more about this most fascinating modality of healing. A+!" Raphaelle Tamura Founder, Star of Peace Publishing Founder, Seraphim at Mount Shasta
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1413419615
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Feng Shui for Architecture is an easy-to-use manual to incorporate Scientific Feng Shui into the design, renovation, and decorating of your home. The final goal is to support your well-being, as well as your family's, in all aspects of life. It is also particularly useful during a real estate pre-acquisition inspection, for it offers examples of bad Feng Shui (to avoid), good Feng Shui (to desire), and how to correct any overall problems. This will help you to evaluate the kind of investment to be made and to make the property Feng Shui proof (as well as decide if you want to either buy it or pass on it). The only book on the market written by an architect, interior designer, and Feng Shui expert who has over 20 years of expertise in the fields of architectural planning, design, and Scientific Feng Shui Mastery, Feng Shui for Architecture is largely the result of answering frequent questions that have arisen over the years by concerned Feng Shui and Interior Architecture students in classes taught by the author as well as addressing common issues brought up by professional architects, designers, and clients with whom the author has consulted with during the development of hundreds of projects (and whom are also the same people who encouraged her to write this book). Editorial Reviews "Dr. Simona Mainini has an astonishing ability to interpret and install ancient Chinese formulas in such a way that they change lives today. Her discipline and precision in a field not often distinguished by these qualities is both unique and world class." Richard Ashworth Author of The Feng Shui Diaries Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the Feng Shui Society "Dr. Mainini is one of those few, wonderful people who have managed to weld together the strict disciplines of architectural practice with the aesthetics and philosophies of the ancient Chinese traditions of Feng Shui. Readers can be assured that what she writes is not founded just on theory alone, but sound, practical experience." Derek Walters Author of The Feng Shui Handbook & The Complete Guide to Chinese Astrology "Feng Shui for Architecture is an excellent guide for both the Feng Shui professional and layperson. You can benefit from the knowledge presented here and use it to make your environment as harmonious as possible." Larry Sang Author of The Principles of Feng Shui President & Founder of The American Feng Shui Institute "Feng Shui for Architecture has been extremely inspirational to me and many of my students at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). We are very impressed with Dr. Mainini's knowledge and experience. She brings a new pattern to design and architecture." Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, PhD Author of Movel Moderno no Brasil Professor, Design Department, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil "The title and subtitle promises a lot-- and this book delivers even more! Dr. Mainini has done a fabulous job organizing and explaining-- in a clear, precise manner-- the principles of Feng Shui and the ancient Chinese art of placement for good energy flow as it applies to the spaces in which we live and work. Not only is this book great for the preparation of buildings, it is also extremely useful even if you are only searching for an energetically superior apartment, house, or office space to rent. If you are looking for an invaluable source of Feng Shui information to help bring harmony to your living and working space and your life, this is a book for you. I applaud Dr. Mainini for the publishing of this, her first book, and highly recommend it to those who want to learn more about this most fascinating modality of healing. A+!" Raphaelle Tamura Founder, Star of Peace Publishing Founder, Seraphim at Mount Shasta
Vedic Astrology Simply Put
Author: William R. Levacy
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401907180
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Vedic Astrology Simply Put is a colorful, fun, and simplified entry into the mysterious and captivating world of Vedic Astrology, called Jyotish in India. William R. Levacy, an astrologer with more than two decades of experience, offers beautifully rendered illustrations and text to ease your understanding of this ancient system of behavior and trend analysis. This book gives you straightforward guidance on: * How to decipher the myths and origins of Vedic astrology * How Vedic astrology differs from Western or Tropical astrology * The Vedic style of interpreting the Sun, Moon, planets, houses, and signs * How the Vedic seers used the Moon signs (called nakshatras) and other special techniques to zero in on how people behave * How to use Ayurveda, the Science of Health; and Vastu--the Science of Space (India's counterpart to Feng Shui)--integrated with Vedic astrology, the Science of Time Much of the Vedic art was custom created for this book by master artists in India. There's also a special bonus enclosed--a free CD-Rom of the popular "Parashara's Light SE" Vedic astrology software.
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401907180
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Vedic Astrology Simply Put is a colorful, fun, and simplified entry into the mysterious and captivating world of Vedic Astrology, called Jyotish in India. William R. Levacy, an astrologer with more than two decades of experience, offers beautifully rendered illustrations and text to ease your understanding of this ancient system of behavior and trend analysis. This book gives you straightforward guidance on: * How to decipher the myths and origins of Vedic astrology * How Vedic astrology differs from Western or Tropical astrology * The Vedic style of interpreting the Sun, Moon, planets, houses, and signs * How the Vedic seers used the Moon signs (called nakshatras) and other special techniques to zero in on how people behave * How to use Ayurveda, the Science of Health; and Vastu--the Science of Space (India's counterpart to Feng Shui)--integrated with Vedic astrology, the Science of Time Much of the Vedic art was custom created for this book by master artists in India. There's also a special bonus enclosed--a free CD-Rom of the popular "Parashara's Light SE" Vedic astrology software.
Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life
Author: Karen Rauch Carter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684866048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Applying the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui to modern life, the author reveals how carefully arranging items in the home can lead to remarkable results in love, career, and personal happiness.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684866048
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Applying the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui to modern life, the author reveals how carefully arranging items in the home can lead to remarkable results in love, career, and personal happiness.
Feng Shui That Makes Sense
Author: Cathleen McCandless
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936401567
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
You don't need to be a professional designer or a feng shui expert in order to have a beautiful, comfortable home. Feng Shui That Makes Sense takes you step-by-step through the process of using feng shui principles to create a home that will please your eye, relax your body, inspire your mind, and lift your spirit.After reading this book, you will be able to: • Easily create a home of beauty, harmony, and comfort • Learn basic feng shui principles that work every time in every space • Improve the look and feel of any room in your home • Discover the origins of popular feng shui myths and misunderstandings • Enhance the areas of your home relating to Love, Money, Health, Family, and more • Apply feng shui principles to your landscape and garden • Integrate nature and natural materials into your living space • Clear your home of unwanted energy • Create a home that nurtures and inspires you physically, mentally, and spiritually • Understand how and why your environment affects you the way it does
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936401567
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
You don't need to be a professional designer or a feng shui expert in order to have a beautiful, comfortable home. Feng Shui That Makes Sense takes you step-by-step through the process of using feng shui principles to create a home that will please your eye, relax your body, inspire your mind, and lift your spirit.After reading this book, you will be able to: • Easily create a home of beauty, harmony, and comfort • Learn basic feng shui principles that work every time in every space • Improve the look and feel of any room in your home • Discover the origins of popular feng shui myths and misunderstandings • Enhance the areas of your home relating to Love, Money, Health, Family, and more • Apply feng shui principles to your landscape and garden • Integrate nature and natural materials into your living space • Clear your home of unwanted energy • Create a home that nurtures and inspires you physically, mentally, and spiritually • Understand how and why your environment affects you the way it does
Feng Shui Simply
Author: Cheryl Grace
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401939791
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
In Feng Shui Simply, Cheryl Grace digs deep into the principles of feng shui to present an exciting new view of this age-old concept and shows that feng shui isn’t just about rearranging your furniture or painting your walls; it goes much deeper. She opens your eyes to how feng shui can be used to balance the energy of every part of your life—both in your external and internal environments. Grace shows that bringing your focus to both of these worlds is a powerful way to design the life you’re meant to live. In these pages, Grace takes you on a journey to design your living spaces using the classic Bagua map—a chart separating physical spaces into nine areas, each representing a different aspect of life, such as wealth, family, and career. But perhaps more importantly, she goes one step further, teaching you the inner work of feng shui using her own Inner Wisdom Bagua map, which correlates the characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes that will help you flourish in each area of your life. Sharing anecdotes from her own experience switching careers from an ESPN executive to a feng shui consultant, as well as her clients’ success stories, Grace walks you through each area of the standard and Inner Wisdom Bagua maps to create unique solutions for your life. She teaches you to harness the power of your intuition to determine what’s true and important for you. And she offers practical tools based on concepts such as Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Magical Day, to help you figure out which enhancements will be the most effective in transforming your life. By celebrating key principles like universal gratitude, a positive outlook, and living in the present moment, she shows you how to manage life on a day-to-day basis and points you toward your life’s true purpose.
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 1401939791
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
In Feng Shui Simply, Cheryl Grace digs deep into the principles of feng shui to present an exciting new view of this age-old concept and shows that feng shui isn’t just about rearranging your furniture or painting your walls; it goes much deeper. She opens your eyes to how feng shui can be used to balance the energy of every part of your life—both in your external and internal environments. Grace shows that bringing your focus to both of these worlds is a powerful way to design the life you’re meant to live. In these pages, Grace takes you on a journey to design your living spaces using the classic Bagua map—a chart separating physical spaces into nine areas, each representing a different aspect of life, such as wealth, family, and career. But perhaps more importantly, she goes one step further, teaching you the inner work of feng shui using her own Inner Wisdom Bagua map, which correlates the characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes that will help you flourish in each area of your life. Sharing anecdotes from her own experience switching careers from an ESPN executive to a feng shui consultant, as well as her clients’ success stories, Grace walks you through each area of the standard and Inner Wisdom Bagua maps to create unique solutions for your life. She teaches you to harness the power of your intuition to determine what’s true and important for you. And she offers practical tools based on concepts such as Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Magical Day, to help you figure out which enhancements will be the most effective in transforming your life. By celebrating key principles like universal gratitude, a positive outlook, and living in the present moment, she shows you how to manage life on a day-to-day basis and points you toward your life’s true purpose.
Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
Author: Helaine Selin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140204559X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2428
Book Description
Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You’ll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140204559X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2428
Book Description
Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics. This unique reference work includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as thoughtful philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western Science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method. You’ll also find material on religion and science, East and West, and magic and science.
Life in the Heart of Cebu City:
Author: Lillian Cui Garcia
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 166986460X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Life in the Heart of Cebu City: A Returning Immigrant’s Memoir is a sequel to An Immigrant Goes Back Home to Cebu (2021). In that previous memoir, she revealed how, as she was retiring from her senior instructor’s position at a community college in Canada in 2012, she took to heart the persistent call of home from Cebu in the Philippines and decided that Cebu is her spirit place where she’d stay around for retirement. This meant, however, that she had to give up continuous and readily available access to the medical health care provided by Canada’s social safety net to which she had contributed and enjoyed as a provincial government employee for more than 30 years. Despite losing this advantage, she has set herself up to regain a foothold in a place where she knows her belonging is not questioned as she makes practically livable and pretty her brand spanking new condominium in the heart of Cebu City in the past year and a half. She recounts how her new living arrangement has provided a convenient jumping board for engaging with friends and acquaintances from the past and present as well as planned and serendipitous engagements with people from all walks of life. Interwoven in these narratives is her rather disconcerting recognition of the widening gap between the rich and the poor and that between the emergent middle and the lower classes. Nonetheless, grateful that she is not on the needy end, she recounts with optimism the first concrete steps in her self-assigned project to build a permanent food bank depot and lodging house for poor students in a now run-down city area where she once lived during her student days. Underlying this apparently workable enterprise are reminiscences of her parents giving to others often at so much cost which they lightened up somehow with a metaphor about the talisay, a tropical almond tree’s fruit which could be found along beaches as rivers carry them into the sea usually after a storm: “No matter how small the talisay is, it still could be shared if there’s a will to do so.” On this note, the author also pays undying tribute to the good-hearted overseas donors who share their talisay to fund the feeding programs and other community projects she has operated with her husband since 2008. Gratefully, she recognizes their empathy for the condition of the poor back in the Third World who, unlike the First World’s poor, have meager access to social assistance, if at all available.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 166986460X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Life in the Heart of Cebu City: A Returning Immigrant’s Memoir is a sequel to An Immigrant Goes Back Home to Cebu (2021). In that previous memoir, she revealed how, as she was retiring from her senior instructor’s position at a community college in Canada in 2012, she took to heart the persistent call of home from Cebu in the Philippines and decided that Cebu is her spirit place where she’d stay around for retirement. This meant, however, that she had to give up continuous and readily available access to the medical health care provided by Canada’s social safety net to which she had contributed and enjoyed as a provincial government employee for more than 30 years. Despite losing this advantage, she has set herself up to regain a foothold in a place where she knows her belonging is not questioned as she makes practically livable and pretty her brand spanking new condominium in the heart of Cebu City in the past year and a half. She recounts how her new living arrangement has provided a convenient jumping board for engaging with friends and acquaintances from the past and present as well as planned and serendipitous engagements with people from all walks of life. Interwoven in these narratives is her rather disconcerting recognition of the widening gap between the rich and the poor and that between the emergent middle and the lower classes. Nonetheless, grateful that she is not on the needy end, she recounts with optimism the first concrete steps in her self-assigned project to build a permanent food bank depot and lodging house for poor students in a now run-down city area where she once lived during her student days. Underlying this apparently workable enterprise are reminiscences of her parents giving to others often at so much cost which they lightened up somehow with a metaphor about the talisay, a tropical almond tree’s fruit which could be found along beaches as rivers carry them into the sea usually after a storm: “No matter how small the talisay is, it still could be shared if there’s a will to do so.” On this note, the author also pays undying tribute to the good-hearted overseas donors who share their talisay to fund the feeding programs and other community projects she has operated with her husband since 2008. Gratefully, she recognizes their empathy for the condition of the poor back in the Third World who, unlike the First World’s poor, have meager access to social assistance, if at all available.