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About This Candle Is there anyone on the planet who isn't presented with opportunities to cultivate patience on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis? We live in a world that expects and demands immediate results from us, and often when we ourselves don't get what we want when we want it, hello anxiety and irritation! There's no getting around it--developing patience takes commitment and practice. Patience conspires with good pals trust and surrender to form a potent trio that, together, creates room for more serenity and miracles in life. —Carla Blazek, creator, zena moon |
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Our Recommended Books, Music & Movies for Patience zena moon sells books, CDs and DVDs in association with Amazon.com. To order, click on the item's title or image, then add it to your Amazon shopping cart. Orders are then filled and shipped by Amazon. Send us your recommendations for this page--we may post them here.
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It has become the norm of our fast-paced world
to expect everything to happen instantaneously, and for us to become instantly
aggravated when it doesn’t. The result is that we can feel frantic and rushed,
stressed and unhappy nearly all the time. In
The Power of Patience, M. J.
Ryan teaches us how to slow the rush and reclaim the forgotten virtue of
patience on a daily basis. She shows how doing so allows us to make better
decisions and to feel better about ourselves every day.
2. The Power of Now : A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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From Amazon.com: Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
Tolle packs a lot of information and
inspirational ideas into
The Power of Now. (Topics
include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the
mind, impermanence, and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers
that symbolize "break time." This is when readers should close the book and
mull over what they just read. As a result,
The Power of Now reads like
the highly acclaimed
A Course in Miracles--a spiritual
guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and
change just as many lives for the better.
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From Amazon.com: Sometimes I think there can't be a more perfect novel than The Remains of the Day. It is the story of Stevens, the perfect English butler whose devotion to duty and his negation of emotion virtually annihilates his sense of self. Stevens is "in service" at Darlington Hall, the home of Lord Darlington during the years between World War I and World War II. Complications arise for Stevens when he finds he must replace two members of the staff at Darlington...a housekeeper and an under-butler. The Remains of the Day is a masterpiece in many ways, not the least of which is subtlety. We know Stevens feels pain, we know he feels love, and we can read, in between Ishiguro's perfectly chosen, precise words, Stevens' struggle to express that which he feels so deeply. All of Ishiguro's books raise more questions than they answer (a mark of a truly superlative book) and The Remains of the Day is no exception. Each reader will have to draw his or her own conclusions, but I can guarantee one thing: no one who reads this book will come away from it unchanged.
1. Long Walk Home: Music from The Rabbit-Proof Fence [SOUNDTRACK]
Original Release Date: 2002
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From Amazon.com: Aside from a multimedia pastiche he did for England's millennium celebration, this soundtrack for Phillip Noyce's film marks Peter Gabriel's first full slate of original recordings in nearly a decade. In the meantime, Gabriel's globally ambitious Real World musical mini-empire has taken precedence; the knowledge the musician gleaned there is immediately apparent in his film cues here. While the booming electro-tribal rhythms of previous Gabriel work come instantly into play, there's a sense of spacious mystery that's perfectly emblematic of the story's Australian outback setting. Gabriel's penchant for dense aural construction gives way to an ambient soundscape punctuated by Aboriginal percussion, didgeridoo, and bird song, and occasionally washed over by lolling tides of synth and samples. It's an atmosphere that, like the Aboriginal world it evokes, is nearly devoid of traditional melody, but one infused with a gripping, almost subliminal power. "Cloudless" then brings in haunting indigenous voices as well, intertwining them with a wordless, Westernized choral to emphasize Gabriel's compelling world music vision.
2. Patience
Original Release Date: 2004
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From Amazon.com: It must be hard being a George Michael fan. Patience is only his fourth studio effort in the 18 years since Wham! split, so its release must be some cause for celebration. There always seems to have been something preventing him from releasing a new album--from arrests for lewd behavior, protracted battles with record companies, or prolonged periods of grieving for departed family and friends. Thankfully, Patience is pretty good.
Flitting between fraught ballads and up-tempo adult pop (the misguided sample-laden single "Freeek!" being the unnecessary exception), George here returns to the structure and mood of 1990s Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1. Patience is at its most delicate and moving with its title track, the intense, tabloid-attacking "Through" and the painful family memories of "My Mother Had a Brother." To balance this, hearts will be raised by "Amazing," with its echoes of the Bee Gees, "Round Here," in which George remembers his early days scampering around Bushey with Andrew Ridgley, and "Cars and Trains," which celebrates the kind of lifestyle that so riled the LAPD back in 1998. That's the thing about George Michael these days. Love him or loathe him, he is unapologetically himself. And fans should be very grateful for that.
3. Can't Hardly Wait: Music from the Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK]
Original Release Date: 1998
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From Amazon.com: This is a soundtrack that runs like a fun mix tape from an eclectic friend. It's music to put the top down and hit the highways to, songs that bounce from soul, pop, funk, rap, and back. Smashmouth look to have another massive hit with their cover of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' "Can't Get Enough of You Baby." The song's fun beat and organ sounds suit the band (and summertime) perfectly. Fans of Third Eye Blind, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, and K.P. & Envyi will want to check out the soundtrack's unreleased remixes. The Missy Elliott remix of "Hit Em Wit Da Hee" in particular is a solid slow jam. The CD is dotted with some classic tracks such as the title track by the Replacements, "Flashlight" from Parliament, "Paradise City" from Guns N' Roses, and the sure party starter "It's Tricky" from Run DMC.
(1994) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: When this popular prison drama was released in 1994, some critics complained that the movie was too long (142 minutes) to sustain its story. Those complaints miss the point, because the passage of time is crucial to this story about patience, the squeaky wheels of justice, and the growth of a life-long friendship. Only when the film reaches its final, emotionally satisfying scene do you fully understand why writer-director Frank Darabont (adapting a novella by Stephen King) allows the story to unfold at its necessary pace, and the effect is dramatically rewarding. Tim Robbins plays a banker named Andy who's sent to Shawshank Prison on a murder charge, but as he gets to know a life-term prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman), we realize there's reason to believe the banker's crime was justifiable. We also realize that Andy's calm, quiet exterior hides a great reserve of patience and fortitude, and Red comes to admire this mild-mannered man who first struck him as weak and unfit for prison life. So it is that The Shawshank Redemption builds considerable impact as a prison drama that defies the conventions of the genre (violence, brutality, riots) to illustrate its theme of faith, friendship, and survival. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, and Screenplay, it's a remarkable film that signaled the arrival of a promising new filmmaker--a film that many movie lovers count among their all-time favorites.
2. Open Range
(2003) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: Released almost exactly 11 years after Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Kevin Costner's Open Range proved yet again that the Western is the classic American genre. While it lacks the thematic impact of Eastwood's masterpiece, Costner's first film since 1997's ill-fated The Postman returns the actor/director of Dances With Wolves to the open prairies of America--in this case the free-range frontier of 1882--where legal "free-grazing" cattle drives were falling prey to empire-building land-owners. In the wake of territorial murder, free-grazing cowboys Boss (Robert Duvall) and Charley (Costner) seek vengeful justice against the ruthless rancher (Michael Gambon) who threatens their law-abiding survival. A feisty ally (the late Michael Jeter, in his next-to-final film role) and a doctor's sister (Annette Bening) offer support during climactic shootouts, masterfully staged with the shock and suddenness of real-life gunfire. Rich in character development and thick-hided humor, this handsome production redeemed Costner's directorial career with a well-told story (by Craig Storper, based on Lauran Paine's novel The Open Range Men), flawless performances, and stunning Canadian locations.
(1991) ~ DVD
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From Amazon.com: This touching, 1991 Canadian film directed by Cynthia Scott takes the unusual step of casting nonprofessional actors, and the gamble pays off very well indeed. The story concerns eight elderly women whose tour bus breaks down driving through the wilderness. While waiting to be rescued, they find an abandoned house and look for food. The days and nights they end up spending away from civilization prove restorative to their spirits as each character gets an opportunity to tell her life story. The ensemble cast, as it turns out, essentially plays themselves in the film: the tales they tell are truly their own. A very talky, slowly paced production, it's best to get into the gentle rhythm of Scott's design and let the experience flow in the same way it does for the performers. | ||||||||||
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