Susan Jeffers, Ezra Bayda

I like Amazon ebooks and I have many of them.  They tend to be inexpensive and arrive, ready to use seconds after I order them.  They are basically weightless and take up basically no space.  But, many excellent and helpful books are not available in that format.

Two such books that I am slowly reading in paperback form are "Opening Our Hearts to Men" by Susan Jeffers and "At Home in the Muddy Water" by Ezra Bayda.  I have found that readers enjoy and benefit from book suggestions.

Susan Jeffers died in 2012 but her books and common sense live on.  I read her book "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway" way back, during my undergraduate years of college.  "Opening Our Hearts to Men" tends to show me the female and male sides of life very nicely, brilliantly.

Ezra Bayda is a counselor and Zen teacher.  His book "At Home in the Muddy Water" refers to the Zen idea that the lotus plant has a lovely form despite having to grow in muddy water.  The plant is a good model for those of us working on our ability to see difficulties as valuable parts of life.