Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty of Your Life

By Taro Gold

Book Overview

Taro Gold inspires and enlightens with Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty of Your Life . A blend of Eastern wisdom, feng shui, and the movement toward simplicity, Wabi Sabi is a Japanese expression... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740739603
• ISBN13: 9780740739606
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Must Have Book to Keep Close By...

This book really focuses on the true meaning of a happy life, and how simple it can be once we decide to cut out all of the excess stuff society tends to throw in our view. Taro Gold's style of writing is easy to follow and digest, reminding us that what is essential to the soul is all that really matters. It stays on our coffee table to remind us to take time to reflect, especially after experiencing a tough day, etc.

Simple to read; hard to live

Taro Gold's beautiful book is a visual delight with a profound message. Each page is washed in a tint of color; some pages have powerful quotes written on beautiful backgrounds. But the message is not sweet or simple. Living a Wabi-Sabi life means accepting your faults as well as your strengths, accepting that you will never be perfect and still keeping yourself open to being a work in progress. It means living a joy unrelated to your income. It means sweeping your life free of blame for others, and living instead with the responsibility of choosing your own happiness or misery. You can read the book in a single sitting, but don't. Read a few pages at a time, and see how the concept flows into your life. Don't be surprised if you begin to look at your life differently. One of the characters, Obaa-san, says, "No matter how it may seem at the time, the core of your suffering is not your inconsiderate partner, your demanding boss, your insufficient bank balance. . .The root of your suffering is found internally, in the limitations you place on yourself." This beautiful, small book holds a profound truth that can transform your life. Read it, then live it. You will be changed in wonderful ways.

Beautiful inspiration

This beautiful book is filled with some of the most life-changing wisdom I've ever found. I have read and re-read it a few times since receiving it as a gift last month. Every time I read this book I find deeper meaning and greater inspiration. There are so many levels to Wabi Sabi, I love it! Much more practical and life-changing than other concepts. I have never felt as good about myself, my life or the future as I have since I read this book.

great life lessons

I started reading this book yesterday and couldn't put it down, so I finished it in one sitting. What a great book--the reading just flowed and in a different format; and I loved the illustrations and layout. There is a great lesson given with this book--that one can be down-and-out, but somehow you can rise above any obstacle, with the right mindframe. I am so grateful to have found this book!