The Inn by the Healing Path: Stories on the Road to Wellness Book 1: Never Alone
()
About this ebook
A short book of true healing stories, Book 1 in a long series. The Inn by the Healing Path is a place of comfort and learning on the difficult journey called life. After reading it, readers will feel stronger and have new ideas for their own journeys. Book 1 Never Alone highlights people who overcome difficult lives by supporting and learning from each other. Themes include: we are role models, we are valuable, when and how to help, to receive help, and not to help, how people fit into each others' lives as entertainers, teachers, and as objects and sources of love. Each chapter includes workbook questions to deepen readers' use of the story, if they desire. Teachers include Lao-Tzu, Buddha, homeless poets, teenagers and numerous others.
Coming books in the series include: Reasons to Live, The Power of Nonjudgment, A Book of Miracles, Coming Home, and Not Fearing Death.
Readers say things like: "Your insights into people’s lives and our human experience are always something that moves me deeply. There is a sincerity and integrity in your writing that has a way of going straight to my heart." - Esther, San Francisco, and "I always find myself stretched to grow when I read your work! You ask the “hard questions” without flinching and with a curiosity that can be almost playful."- Patricia, Oakland CA.
David Spero RN
The great French author Sidonie Gabrielle Colette said, “I’ve had a wonderful life. I only wish I had realized it sooner.” I have quoted her for years. Only recently I realized that her saying applies to me, too.I’ve been on the healing path for 35 years, and believe me, it's been a long trip! I've grown a lot, in ways I could not have predicted or even imagined. I created The Inn by the Healing Path to record the journey and help other people get here too.Stories are my favorite tools for healing. A long career as nurse, health coach, social activist, parent, journalist and person with multiple sclerosis (MS) has brought me powerful stories from all kinds of people. I report on them and others I have found. I have written books on self-care and others on the social causes and cures of chronic illness. I blog regularly about diabetes, MS, and spiritual growth.I will keep telling these stories as long as I am able. I hope you visit The Inn by the Healing Path often and tell others about it. I look forward to traveling this path with you.
Read more from David Spero Rn
The Inn By The Healing Path Book 2: Reasons to Live Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Inn by the Healing Path: Stories on the Road to Wellness. Book 3: Letting Go Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Inn by the Healing Path
Related ebooks
Talking to the Mirror: A Stutterer’s Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNegative People: How to Stop Them from Creating Stress in Your Life - Especially in the Workplace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnexpected Togetherness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeconds and Inches Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For All You Know:: Possible Reasons You May Still Be Unhappy On The Path To Enlightenment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWaking Up Happy: A Handbook of Change with Memoirs of Recovery and Hope Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anxiously Thriving: Inspirational Stories on l̶i̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ Thriving with Social Anxiety and How You Can Do It Too Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiving the Life You Love: The No-Nonsense Guide to Total Transformation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Become A Warrior Woman: 9 Rules to sort your shit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLessons from Our Sponsors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForty Days on Being a Seven Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWake Up!: Break the Generational Cycle and Be Yourself Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYou Are More Awesome Than Your Depression Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeyond MS: Your Best Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDon't Just Breathe: Life Lessons from My Massage Table Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDear Little Ones (Book 1): Hope, Help, and Healing for Your Inner Children Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inspiring Childhood, Inspiring Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Nope to Hope: How I Overcame My Suicidal Thoughts (and How You Can Too) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChange Starts With ME! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInvisible Strength: Overcoming Depression and Anxiety One Walk in the Park at a Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEveryday Wisdom for Living with Faith: Inspiration for Christians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJennifer Lopez on Life, Love, and Show Business Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invisible Force Affecting Our Children: The Loveday Method Part 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe First Wrinkle: The Effects of Childhood Trauma and an Honest Look Inside the Foster Care System Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSexual Abuse & Incest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Writing and Never Letting Go Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnalome Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNever Fight Alone Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
New Age & Spirituality For You
Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mastery of Self: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Screwtape Letters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mere Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Grief Observed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Conversations With God, Book 3: Embracing the Love of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Abolition of Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Element Encyclopedia of 20,000 Dreams: The Ultimate A–Z to Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gospel of Mary Magdalene Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reflections on the Psalms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As A Man Thinketh: Three Perspectives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Celebration of Discipline, Special Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dream Dictionary from A to Z [Revised edition]: The Ultimate A–Z to Interpret the Secrets of Your Dreams Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Three Questions: How to Discover and Master the Power Within You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Inn by the Healing Path
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Inn by the Healing Path - David Spero RN
The Inn by the Healing Path
Stories on the Road to Wellness
Book #1 – Never Alone
By David Spero RN
Art by Andrea Staffeld
Published by David Spero RN at Smashwords
Copyright 2015 David Spero RN
Smashwords Edition License Notes
Thank you for downloading this ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends, but if they buy one for themselves, it will help me to keep writing. Please visit my author page to find other books you might like. Look for future books in the Healing Path series beginning in January, 2016.
Table of Contents
Welcome to the Inn by the Healing Path
Intro to Book 1 – Never Alone
Story 1 – We’re All Role Models on This Bus
On Your Path
Story 2 – Help Without Helping
On Your Path
Story 3 – Everyone on Earth
On Your Path
Story 4 – More Meaningful Than We Know
On Your Path
Story 5 – Help When You Least Expect It
On Your Path
Story 6 – Other People’s Joy
On Your Path
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Other Books, Articles, Speaking and Classes
Welcome
Welcome to the Inn by the Healing Path. People stay here sometimes on their way to wellness. Come in if you need a rest, or if you want to meet some inspiring people. They’ll be happy to tell you their stories.
The stories are all true. I am featured in a few and have bit parts in others, but mostly they’re about people I have known, worked with, and learned from as a health coach, a social activist, a parent and a journalist and a seeker.
World permitting, the Inn will be a reliable support for your journey in coming years. Books will be released every 3 - 4 months. Each book includes four – six stories. Many of them first appeared on The Inn by the Healing Path blog, and when readers’ comments deepened the story, I have included them here under the heading Going Deeper. For those who may want to meditate on or learn more from the stories, I have included some self-help questions under the heading On Your Path after each story. If you want, you can print them out and use them as a workbook.
Of course feel free to choose what to read, what questions to answer, and what to ignore. The Inn is your place to heal. Make yourself comfortable.
David Spero
San Francisco 2015
Introduction to Book 1 – Never Alone
The stories in Book 1 focus on the healing power of relationships. Here we find travelers who change their lives by learning their importance to others. Despite or because of hard lives, they find they are inspiring, modeling, or supporting people, often without knowing it. They learn how to help and