A Plentiful Harvest Creating Balance and Harmony Through the Seven Living Virtues

by Williams, Terrie

• ISBN13: 9780446691208
• ISBN10: 0446691208
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

She was president of one of the country's top publicity agencies, with a Who's Who in Entertainment client list that included Eddie Murphy, Miles Davis, and Janet Jackson. The bestselling author of The Personal Touch, she was a popular speaker for Fortune 500 companies and academia alike. Yet Terrie Williams felt more stressed out than successful, frantic instead of fulfilled. She felt there had to be something more than rushing to meet constant deadlines and to be in endless places, and she found it somewhere she never expected...

Author Biography

Terrie Williams is the president of The Terrie Williams Agency, and founder of The Stay Strong Foundation, a youth organization. She lives in New York City

Table of Contents

Foreword by Susan L. Taylor	xi
Foreword by Iyanla Vanzant	xv
Introduction: My Basket Runneth Over	1	(6)
How to Use This Book	7	(4)
Living Virtue 1: Calling	11	(48)
WEEK 1: A Galling of Your Own	21	(8)
WEEK 2: Gifts, Talents, and Skills	29	(5)
WEEK 3: Make a Commitment	34	(4)
WEEK 4: Power in Your Passion	38	(4)
WEEK 5: Twists and Turns	42	(6)
WEEK 6: Calling, Service, and Kindred Spirits	48	(5)
WEEK 7: Calling Will Change Your Life	53	(6)
Living Virtue 2: Responsibility	59	(44)
WEEK 8: Responsibility to Ourselves: Tending Our Own Garden	66	(7)
WEEK 9: Responsibility for Our Actions: Making the Choice to Grow	73	(6)
WEEK 10: Because We Care: Taking Responsibility for Our Relationships	79	(5)
WEEK 11: Movin' on Up: Responsibility for Our Successes	84	(4)
WEEK 12: Closing the Generation Gap: Responsibility to Our Youth	88	(6)
WEEK 13: Civic Responsibility: Expanding Our Horizons	94	(5)
WEEK 14: The Big Picture: Responsibility Equals Liberty	99	(4)
Living Virtue 3: Thrift	103	(42)
WEEK 15: Dollars, Cents, and Yourself	111	(4)
WEEK 16: Understanding Needs, Wants, and Desires	115	(3)
WEEK 17: Get Out of Debt	118	(5)
WEEK 18: Buy Your Freedom	123	(5)
WEEK 19: Who Wants to Be a Hundred Thousandaire?	128	(5)
WEEK 20: Ujima and Ujama (or, The Art of Pooling Resources)	133	(4)
WEEK 21: When You Have Enough, Share (And You Have Enough)	137	(3)
WEEK 22: Enjoy Your Financial Freedom	140	(5)
Living Virtue 4: Love	145	(36)
WEEK 23: What Is Love?	149	(6)
WEEK 24: Getting to the Roots: Family Love	155	(4)
WEEK 25: Love Yourself	159	(5)
WEEK 26: Committed Love: Finding the Romance	164	(4)
WEEK 27: Let's Get Physical: Showing Your Love	168	(4)
WEEK 28: Taking the High Road: Love Your Enemies	172	(4)
WEEK 29: Completing the Circle: Learning to Accept Love in Your Life	176	(5)
Living Virtue 5: Community	181	(32)
WEEK 30: Origins	188	(4)
WEEK 31: Family Is Where You Find It	192	(3)
WEEK 32: Discovering Community (I Am Because We Are)	195	(3)
WEEK 33: Honoring Our Differences	198	(4)
WEEK 34: Take Back Your Community	202	(5)
WEEK 35: Own Your Community	207	(3)
WEEK 36: Celebrations and Traditions	210	(3)
Living Virtue 6: Spirituality	213	(40)
WEEK 37: Religion versus Spirituality: Looking Beyond the Rules	218	(6)
WEEK 38: Seek and Ye Shall Find: Defining Your Spirituality	224	(4)
WEEK 39: Contradictions in Faith: Tackling Tough Spiritual Questions	228	(4)
WEEK 40: Dealing with Everyday Life: Spirituality in the Material World	232	(4)
WEEK 41: The Power of the Practice: Prayer, Meditation, Ritual	236	(5)
WEEK 42: Testing Your Faith: Staying Real with God	241	(4)
WEEK 43: Spread the Love: Creating a Spiritual World	245	(4)
WEEK 44: Redefining Miracles: How Spirituality Can Change Our Lives	249	(4)
Living Virtue 7: Creativity	253	(38)
WEEK 45: Unblocking Your Creativity: Getting Over the Fear of Failure	259	(4)
WEEK 46: Finding Your Creative Outlet	263	(3)
WEEK 47: Creative Inspiration: Finding Your Muse	266	(3)
WEEK 48: Creativity at Work	269	(4)
WEEK 49: Creative Celebrations: Sharing Our Creativity	273	(5)
WEEK 50: Creative Healing	278	(4)
WEEK 51: Creatively Working the Virtues	282	(4)
WEEK 52: Reaping the Harvest	286	(5)
Books That Have Touched My Heart	291	(2)
Acknowledgments	293