Most parents have no trouble telling their children how to dress, drive, study, or shave, but struggle to talk with them about how best to live―about real love, faith, integrity, values, true enrichment, and success. In the tradition of Tuesdays With Morrie , Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft shares with us the wisdom that he has compiled for his children as his best gift to them. Readable and browsable, these heart to heart chats present priceless truths to live by in a casual yet compelling way.

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Kreeft, Peter

United States, United States of America

December 25, 2007

Lanham, MD, ©2007

Lanham, MD, c2007

Front Cover
Introduction
1. From the Dying to the Living
2. Who Am I To Give Advice?
3. The Best Thing in Life
4. If There Was Time to Say Just One Thing
5. Everything Is Love
6. The Most Important Person
7. Memento mori
8. A One-Minute, Life-Changing Prayer
9. What Is “A Good Person”?
10. “Do Your Best”?
11. What I Pray for Every Day
12. The Meaning of Life—In One Sentence
13. What Does “I Love You” Mean?
14. Time = Life = Family
15. No Way Out?
16. What Is Honesty?
17. Optimism and Pessimism
18. Live in the Present
19. A Sane Scale of Values
20. Self-Esteem
21. “Mother”
22. What to Do with Time: Some Practical Advice
23. Sacred Time
24. One Minute To Sanity
25. Where the Good Stuff Comes From
26. Laugh!
27. Grudgelessness
28. What’s the Big Deal about Church?
29. Something about Sex
30. Modern Times
31. What Is a Family?
32. Only One Thing Necessary
33. How to Be a Good Person: Step One
34. Step Two: Ten Ways to Be a Good Person
35. Step Three: The Payoff
36. Life Is Art
37. The Four Most Important Choices of Your Life
38. Three Idols
39. One Gift for You
40. How Do You Get to Heaven from Here?
41. Honor
42. Life as Fetal Rehearsals
43. Mornings
44. Some Maxims
45. Divine Grace and Human Freedom
46. Money
47. Style
48. The Oprah Piss Test
49. Simplicity
50. Emptiness
51. Lesson from a Great Poet
52. Stop and Smell the Roses
53. Love’s Logic
54. How to Make It Easy to Be Good
55. Temptations of Old Age
56. The Highest Wisdom
57. Forgiving
58. One Word
59. Jesus the Comedian
60. Lord Truth
61. The Four Dimensions
62. “Religion”
63. Nevers
64. Work and Play
65. Dying Is Beginning
66. Why You Exist
67. Prayers for Children
68. K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)
69. Therapy for Fear
70. Slow Down
71. “Be Good.” “Why?”
72. Simple Things
73. Understanding
74. If
75. Life Is a Fish Fry
76. How to Get Peace and Social Justice
77. Peace
78. Why We Need Unhappiness
79. Why Honesty Is the Most Important Virtue
80. The Profoundest Wisdom
81. Last Resort
82. Gratitude
83. Three Stupid Thoughts
84. How to Deal with Difficult People
85. All Fathers Fail but One
86. The Best Gift to Your Kids
87. One-Word Advice for Marriage
88. Two Philosophies of Life
89. Holy Shit
90. Jacob’s Ladder
91. Forgive
92. What to Do Ten Times a Day to Be Happy
93. What Not to Do Ten Times a Day
94. Ten Sentences Nobody Ever Uttered on His Deathbed
95. Priorities
96. Eat the Fruits in the Toy Box
97. The Burning I
98. Mystic to the Max: A Lesson in Comparative Religions
99. You Wanna be a Saint?
100. “Joy in Suffering”—Impossible?
101. Nature and Grace
102. Anorexia of the Soul
103. Bumpers and Bleeders versus Noodles and Skeletons
104. How to Be Wiser, Happier, and Better in Seven Minutes
105. God Is a Comedian
106. A Realistic Thought Experiment
107. Hokiness
108. Blessed Mess
109. A Parable about Walls
110. Your Life: Four Images
111. “I Didn’t Deserve That”
112. “Liberal” or “Conservative”?
113. When You Fail
114. Love and Pain
115. Cheap Psychiatry
116. The Power of Confession
117. Minds and Mouths
118. Keep a Chapbook
119. God and Play
120. What It Means to Be Pro-Life
121. The Inner Zoo
122. Dying is Easy
123. “Blessed Are the Poor”
124. Surfing Wisdom
125. The Beauty of Sadness
126. Have Kids
127. “What Can We Do to Make You Happy?”
128. The Most Precious Gift
129. Sacrifices
130. Trickling to the Sea
131. An Unnecessary Book
132. Uniqueness
133. God Has Children But No Grandchildren
134. The Meaning of Sunlight
135. Work and Play—and Roses
136. Natural Time
137. Why the Good Suffer
138. What We Want Most of All
139. Four Things to Make You Happy
140. Pages Stuck Together
141. How Communion Works
142. Don’t Balance
143. “Pay It Forward”
144. When Everything Seems Senseless
145. The Wisdom of Childhood
146. Better Than Right
147. My Obsession
148. Reasons
149. If God Became a Cat
150. The Big Picture
151. What Acts Change the World the Most?
152. Seven Questions, One Answer
153. The Practical Solution to the Problem of Evil
154. Handicaps
155. Why Bad Days Are Good
156. Our Dyslexia
157. We Are Designed to Burn
158. Simple-Hearted
159. Why So Much Religion?
160. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
161. When I Die
162. The Last Word
About the Author

Most Parents Have No Trouble Telling Their Children How To Dress, Drive, Study, Or Shave, But Struggle To Talk With Them About How Best To Live--about Real Love, Faith, Integrity, Values, True Enrichment, And Success. In The Tradition Of Tuesdays With Morrie, Renowed Catholic Philosopher Peter Kreeft Now Shares With Us The Wisdom That He Has Compiled For His Children As His Best Gift To Them. Readable And Browsable, These Heart-to-heart Chats Present Priceless Truths To Live By In A Casual, Yet Compelling Way. -- P [2] Of Cover. Peter Kreeft.

Renowned Catholic writer Peter Kreeft presents 67 things he has learned about life, faith, morality, priorities, marriage, and more as his legacy to his children— and to readers. He shares his practical wisdom, as well as his concern for truth and goodness, in a beautifully written and compelling style.

In Before I Go, Kreeft presents lessons learned about life, faith, morality, priorities, marriage, and more, as his legacy to his children—and to readers. He shares his practical wisdom, as well as his concern for truth and goodness, in a warm and readable way.

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