Lessons from Grace: What a Baby Taught Me about Living and Loving

Lessons from Grace: What a Baby Taught Me about Living and Loving

by Uma Girish
Lessons from Grace: What a Baby Taught Me about Living and Loving

Lessons from Grace: What a Baby Taught Me about Living and Loving

by Uma Girish

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Overview

Lessons from Grace by Uma Girish is a one-of-its-kind book. Here, the author talks about learning mindfulness and the art of living from a toddler.

'All children are born geniuses, and we spend the first six years of their lives degeniusing them.'
-- R. Buckminster Fuller

When Uma, a forty-something mother of a college sophomore, was asked to nanny her friends' daughter, Grace, little did she know that she was about to begin an extraordinary journey.
A baby arrives here as a pure being. Not yet marked by cultural and social conditioning, they bring a sense of sacredness to our lives. This was the author's experience. Through Grace, she is reminded of what is truly important in her life. More importantly, she also learns to navigate an increasingly complex world using the values of simplicity, joy, and presence--as babies do.
Watching Grace brings her many lessons, like how the baby surrenders her entire being to a multicolored rattle by living in the present. The author relearns the art of living by aligning with the values this baby teaches her.
The sublime prose of this book will shift your world view and encourage you to be present to the magic of everyday life as you reconnect with the simple but profound treasures of curiosity and wonder.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789386832870
Publisher: Hay House Inc.
Publication date: 11/05/2019
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Uma Girish is a grief guide and award-winning author. She guides women who are moving through transition, whether it is the death of a loved one or the loss of a dream, and helps them find purpose through her workshops and private coaching programs. Her previous books include Understanding Death: 10 Ways to Inner Peace for the Grieving and Losing Amma, Finding Home: A Memoir About Love, Loss and Life's Detours. Uma co-founded the International Grief Council in 2015 and also facilitates storytelling and life enrichment groups in senior living communities. She currently lives in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Preface 13

Chapter 1 I Know What I Need 21

Chapter 2 I Live in the Moment 27

Chapter 3 I See Magic Everywhere 32

Chapter 4 I Have Needs, Not Preferences 37

Chapter 5 I Can't Crawl before I do Tummy Time 43

Chapter 6 I Feel Your Energy 50

Chapter 7 I like Being Treated with Tenderness 56

Chapter 8 I Don't Enjoy Overstimulation 61

Chapter 9 I'm All about Connection 69

Chapter 10 I Communicate What I'm Feeling 76

Chapter 11 I Am Beauty 83

Chapter 12 I Don't Have an Ego (Not Yet) 91

Chapter 13 I Love to Learn 95

Chapter 14 I Love Growing Older 101

Chapter 15 I Focus on One Thing at a Time 107

Chapter 16 I Have No Shame 114

Chapter 17 I Have Enough 122

Chapter 18 I Hold No Grudges 127

Chapter 19 I Have Everything I Need for My Journey 134

Chapter 20 I Trust 141

Chapter 21 I Feel My Feelings 147

Chapter 22 I Know Who I Am 154

Chapter 23 I Celebrate 161

Chapter 24 I Love to Play 166

Chapter 25 I Feel Joy Fully 172

Chapter 26 I Love a Good Story 178

Chapter 27 I Am Free 185

Chapter 28 I Believe Everything Can Be Fixed 191

Chapter 29 I Own Up 197

Chapter 30 I Need to Throw a Tantrum 203

Chapter 31 I Am Safe 209

Chapter 32 I Love Me 217

Chapter 33 I Have All the Time I Need 225

Chapter 34 I Colour outside the Lines 232

Chapter 35 I Can 239

Afterword 245

Acknowledgements 247

Notes and References 249

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