O's Little Guide to the Big Questions

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"What truly matters? What is my purpose? When is the right time to make a change? Who is most important to me? A thoughtful and provocative collection of personal essays, O's Little Guide to the Big Questions highlights the wisdom to be gained from engaging with life's deepest mysteries. Award-winning and bestselling writers for O, The Oprah Magazine have been tackling these and other crucial questions since the magazine's inception. Here, they share their eye-opening, soul-expanding insights. Among the many jewels in the collection, Terry Tempest Williams describes the utter shock of opening her late mother's journals-and the lessons she gleaned from what she found inside; Thich Nhat Hanh finds compassion in the midst of anger; Julie Orringer reveals how we can know when we've found "the one." Offering valuable perspective to anyone feeling lost or in need of a reset, O's Little Guide to the Big Questions is proof that while the search for meaning can be daunting, it's also clarifying, motivating, empowering, and the surest path to becoming the person you were meant to be.;How do I live a full life?. An education / Amy Maclin ; Facing down fear / Michelle Wildgen ; Small house, big world / David McGlynn ; Walk away / Elissa Schappell ; Slipping past borders / Katherine Russell Rich -- What about love?. Double jeopardy / Rita Wilson ; Strings attached /April Wilder ; Divorce dreams / Ellen Tien ; The halfway house / Jessica Ciencin Henriquez ; Meant to be /Julie Orringer -- Can I handle hard times?. Feel your feelings / Katie Arnold-Ratliff ; Not to look away / Mari Howe ; You can see / Thich Nhat Hanh -- My mother's daughter / Bonnie Jo Campbell -- Come what may / Joan Silber -- What really matters?. Yes and no / Valerie Monroe -- Finders, keepers, hoarders, weepers / Michelle Herman ; Give yourself a happiness raise / Margarita Bertsos ; Helpfulness / Gloria Steinem -- Thanks for the memories / Alice McDermott -- What does it all mean?. Vision / Kate Braestrup ; My mother's journals / Terry Tempest Williams ; Blinded by the light / Martha Beck ; Cooper's heart / Rebecca Gummere ; The point / Barbara Ehrenreich.