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Matousek, Mark.

When you're falling, dive : lessons in the art of living / Mark Matousek.

1st U.S. ed.

New York : Bloomsbury USA : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.

306 pages ; 22 cm

"Do survivors of life's greatest trials possess a secret knowledge? Is there an art to survival--a map for crossing the wilderness--or daily life? Why do some people blossom through adversity while others stop growing? Drawing on twenty years' experience in this field, using stories, parable, and scientific data, acclaimed memoirist Mark Matousek gives the first-ever comprehensive look at this mysterious phenomenon of viriditas, the power of drawing passion, beauty, and wisdom from the unlikeliest places" -- inside cover.

Conduct of life.

Life change events.

Includes bibliographical references.

Magical thinking -- The roar of freedom -- The day of laughter -- Om mani padme hum -- Dragons at the gate -- Superman's ghost -- Home in the world -- The art of losing -- A quarter inch from heaven -- The girl on the rock -- Going to Tahit (or Raising heaven) -- The net of Indra -- Reinventing your wife -- Man thinks, God laughs -- Praying -- Demon lovers -- Questioning (or The sphinx) -- Je m'en foutisme -- The terrorists within -- Earth angel -- The end of seeking (or Dig in one place) -- Something else is also true -- Pain passes, but the beauty remains -- Hedonics -- Invisible feast -- Original blessing -- Enough -- Stress matters -- The wounded healer -- True confessions -- Prometheus -- Found art -- Through wilderness -- A splinter of love -- Nakedness -- Killing Peter Pan -- The water or the wave? -- What time is good for -- At sea -- The mother (or Aloha oy) -- Rope burn -- What makes the engine go?

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