What To Do With The Rest Of Your Life

by Miller, J. Keith

• ISBN13: 9780824523206
• ISBN10: 0824523202
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-30
• Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co

Summary

Wise men and women are in touch with who they are and where they are going. With practical inner wisdom, they can clearly see their dreams and life goals, remove anything that blocks their dreams, and solve complex problems easily and with little stress. What do they know that we don't know? In this compelling fictional narrative J. Keith Miller captures our imaginations and also leads us through exercises to help us reawaken our forgotten dreams and make them a reality! Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
A Brand New Day!	11	(4)
The End of the Runway	15	(10)
The Guide	25	(4)
Surprise Contact with an Inner Ally	29	(7)
Exercise One: Summary of Steps for Awakening Your Personal Dreams for the Rest of Your Life	35	(1)
The Alchemy of Transforming Dreams into Concrete Goals	36	(7)
The Plan: Hologram or Blueprint?	43	(8)
Exercise Two: Steps for Changing a Dream into a Specific Goal and Investigating Its Feasibility	50	(1)
A Mouse in the Punch Bowl?	51	(5)
Get Ready, Get Set . . .	56	(7)
Exercise Three: Making and Using a Dream Book	62	(1)
Go!	63	(2)
Dream Killers --- and Angels	65	(6)
Sharing Dreams with Your Partner --- Scary!	71	(8)
Exercise Four: Ground Rules for Sharing Dream Lists and/or Specific Goals (or Problem Issues) with Another	78	(1)
Intimate Surprises for the Adventurer	79	(4)
A Daily Interpersonal Communication Process for the Journey	83	(6)
Exercise Five: A Daily Interpersonal Communication Process	88	(1)
Intimacy 101: Listening and Loving, Interrupted by Life	89	(4)
Born in the Ashes: A Dream Team	93	(3)
Birthing a Non-Business Dreamers Group	96	(9)
Exercise Six: A Ten-Minute Ice Melter Process for Almost Any Kind of Group	104	(1)
An All-Pro Rookie	105	(3)
Second Honeymoon and an Invitation to the Launching Party	108	(4)
May Day! May Day! Fire on the Launch Pad!	112	(8)
Time Out for Repairs	120	(3)
Beginning the Guided Tour through the Engine Room	123	(6)
Evicting Ancient Father Feelings	129	(8)
You've Got to Excavate the Positive	137	(4)
Locating Buried Personal Assets	141	(6)
Exercise Seven: Locating Buried Character Assets	146	(1)
Business on the Fast Track	147	(5)
Why Would My Inner Wisdom Sabotage My Own Deepest Desires?	152	(5)
The Search for the Hidden Motivator That Can Bushwhack Our Goals --- and Lives	157	(6)
Being Playful --- with Fire	163	(4)
Till Death Us Do Part	167	(7)
Unmasking the Inner Wisdom	174	(6)
Facing and Confronting the Hidden Controller	180	(7)
Exercise Eight: Locating and Confronting a Hidden Motivating Controller	185	(2)
Is There Any Help Out There? A Probe	187	(6)
Cracks in the Armor?	193	(5)
Exercise Nine: A Simple Organizational Communication Structure	196	(2)
Some Surprise Witnesses Take the Stand	198	(8)
Discovering Denied Personal Defects	206	(11)
Exercise Ten: Discovering Buried Personal Defects	215	(2)
Learning an Inner Dialogue	217	(10)
Exercise Eleven: A Ten-Minute Listening Meditation	226	(1)
Responding	227	(5)
Exercise Twelve: A Way of Silent Interaction with God	231	(1)
An Abdication --- Or Two?	232	(8)
Just Below the Bottom Line	240	(8)
Exercise Thirteen: Community Building	247	(1)
Appendix: Exercises	248	(2)
Notes	250	(1)
An Autobiographical Word from the Author	251	(2)
A Word from the Editor	253