Doorways to the Soul. 52 Wisdom Tales From Around the World, by Elisa Davy Pearmain. Pilgrim Press, 1998. The stories in this book are brief but packed with wisdom for everyday living. Questions and exercises are included with each tale to facilitate reflection. The author suggests reading and thinking about one story a week to derive the full value from each tale.

In the Bible, in the Old Testament, the book of Proverbs is filled with pearls of wisdom in the form of pithy sayings that address issues we all deal with like friendship, love, marriage, sex, gossip, anger, jealousy, honesty, money, laziness, and more. Proverbs is a book of “common sense.”

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