How To Be Here
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About this audiobook
‘New York Times’ bestselling author Rob Bell shows us how to discover the greatness we were born for, successfully pursue our dreams, find our path, and live confident, fulfilled lives.
Rob Bell believes that each of us has a path, a calling—whether it’s writing a novel, starting a business, joining a band, or simply becoming a volunteer. But many people are afraid to start on that path. Who are we to do that? Bell counters, Why not you? We need to learn to turn off the internal and external critics and leap. The universe is alive to help us. And we can only discover passion and joy after we take off.
Interweaving engaging stories; lessons from Biblical figures; science, art, and business; honest personal experience; and practical advice, he offers invaluable insight on how to silence our critics, move from idea to action, take the first step, find joy in the work, persevere through hard times, and surrender the outcome. Combining the practical inspiration of Stephen Pressfield’s ‘The War of Art’ and the warm instructional insight of Annie Lamott’s ‘Bird By Bird’, ‘Yes, You’ encourages us to leave boring behind and embrace the fulfilling lives we are meant to have.
Rob Bell
Rob Bell is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and spiritual teacher. His books include Love Wins, How to Be Here, What We Talk About When We Talk About God, Velvet Elvis, The Zimzum of Love, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars. He hosts the weekly podcast The Robcast, which was named by iTunes as one of the best of 2015. He was profiled in The New Yorker and in TIME Magazine as one of 2011’s hundred most influential people. He and his wife, Kristen, have three children and live in Los Angeles.
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Reviews for How To Be Here
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Some nice insights - for me about your ikagi and WHEN it might feature in your life (i.e.: not in your day job!); craft v success (or process not outcome!); and your own life rhythm
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A beautiful and poetic reminder of the uniqueness of our lives and the incredible reality we find ourselves in.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An easy listen. But I love when Rob Bell speaks about the Bible and its stories.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I ended up really enjoying this book. It started a little "self-help" for me, but a lot of it was stuff I didn't need to hear and can imagine how it would be really helpful if I were in a different place.
The end though, the end is something else. His thoughts on the sabbath and resting and learning to be present and at peace in the current moment are profound. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A whole lot of anecdote and unresearched assertions. Well-meaning and affirming anecdotes and assertions, of course, but that's mostly all this book was. Maybe that works for you. Parts of it did mostly work for me. Parts of it annoyed me. Parts of it so clearly smacked of beliefs built entirely out of personal experience never checked by any actual studies.
Whatever. Not sure why I was expecting more. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The subtitle is, ‘a guide to creating a life worth living’. The theme is of finding why we are here, and getting on with doing whatever it is. The paragraphs are short, the writing is simplistic in style. Yet the concepts are much deeper than is immediately obvious. It’s divided into seven chapters; each of those has short sections, just two or three pages long. There are anecdotes from Rob Bell’s own life, including times when he got things wrong. The book looks at creativity in a wide sweep of activities, from bringing up children to sweeping floors. It looks at our expectations, and our anxieties at producing something new. It talks of needing something to inspire us to get out of bed each morning. It makes the point that every one of us has a life and series of circumstances that has never before been experienced. The worldview is Christian, as are many of the references (Bell is, after all, a pastor) but the principles could apply to people of any faith, or none. He refers to Scripture in a low-key way, but explanations are left to the notes at the back.Recommended to anyone.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Can you judge a book by its cover? This one had a fairly simple message, here. The now. It had a zen calling to me so I read it. As it turned out I didn't know much about Rob Bell but I found out. He is or was a former minister and is now a speaker and author. I initially was turned off because I am not much of a religionist (apparently I am the author of that word), and am turned off by the preaching angle by these types.On balance though I have to admit there were things I liked about this book and the message. Simply to step back and look at the now and appreciate that. Simple as can be yet so few understand or do. I liked the writing style which was simple to the point and nicely inter-spaced. I liked the soft sell on religion. One concept he introduced to me was ikigai. A Japanese that deals with finding your purpose or what turns you on to jump out of bed in the morning.So, like so many of these spiritual, self help books what do you do with them, what to you make with them? For many, like myself probably nothing. But then again maybe they do make that subconscious impression that does make a subtle change in our lives.