Rather than focusing on what's beyond the limits of ordinary experience, we might be better served focusing on what's within.

Rather than focusing on what's beyond the limits of ordinary experience, we might be better served focusing on what's within.

Rather than focusing on what's beyond the limits of ordinary experience, we might be better served focusing on what's within.

Travel is one of the most sought-after experiences in life. It has the singular ability to capture our imaginations, serving as a canvas onto which we project our deepest desires and needs: escape, relaxation, transcendence, interpersonal connection, cultural education, and more. Few things hold such a privileged place, yet until now, there has been no instruction manual for how to make the most of travelling, be it to an exotic country or to the local beach. In The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations, psychology professor Jaime Kurtz applies the large and ever-growing body of research on happiness and decision-making to enhance the experience of travel. An avid explorer, study abroad instructor, teacher, and happiness researcher, Dr. Kurtz shows how anyone who has a vacation in his or her future can create the most meaningful, fulfilling, and joyful experiences possible. When the price of travel is daunting, getting the most \"bang for your buck,\" both financially and emotionally, is essential to an ideal travel experience. With a sense of humor and adventure, Dr. Kurtz provides guidance on how to craft your perfect trip, boost your excitement before your trip even begins, and actively immerse yourself in a new culture while unplugging from your technological ties to home. She also explains how to best cherish and share travel moments, how to ease back into your daily life upon returning, and how to carry the secrets of happy travel into every day. This is a must-have guide if you are looking to make the most of your precious vacation days.

There Is a Place Where We Meet : The Poetic Journey of a Psychotherapist

In this elegant and passionate treatise, the dean of world religions defends the essentials of Christianity, the world's largest religion. Bestselling author Huston Smith stakes out a path between culturally rigid, intolerant evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity and nontranscendent, liberal Christianity. He presents a convincing argument for a vital alternative that is a deeper, more authentic faith, a faith that guided the Church for its first thousand years. Huston Smith is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions and for his bestselling books The World's Religions and Why Religion Matters. He was the focus of a five-part PBS television series with Bill Moyers, and has taught at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

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Vintage Religious Medals, Antique Reliquaries, Sacred Statuary, Holy Charms & Talismans, Upcycled Jewelry, Altered Art, Ephemera, Trims, & Findings...and much much more! Welcome to Ave Immaculata! ~ Beauty is a Key to the Mystery and a Call to Transcendence. It is an Invitation to Savor Life and to Dream of the Future! We Bow To The Divine In You!!! This large oxidized silver medal is quite large, thick, and heavy with amazingly sharp details in the modeling. Radiant Holiness surrounds the Blessed Virgin Mary Of Lourdes as the child St. Bernadette Soubirous prays before the apparition in the famed grotto on the back of this medal. Text inscribed in the surrounding frame reads: "Miraculous Rose Medal, God Bless You Father Cox"! The obverse shows a Glorious depiction of Saint Christopher, patron of all travelers - with Rich and ornate details: The Saint is shown protecting the Child Jesus with a Vintage Automobile in the background, Inscribed "Behold Saint Christopher Then Go Your Way In Safety"! A STUNNING & RARE piece that we are privileged to offer!!! Father James Renshaw Cox (1886–1951) was an American Roman Catholic priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known for his pro-labor activism. He was a candidate for President of the United States in 1932, and also an organizer of an unprecedented protest march on Washington, DC. Cox was born in 1886 in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, growing up in an unparalleled period of industrial expansion. He began as a cab driver and steelworker, working his way through Duquesne University. He next entered Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and was ordained in 1911. From 1917 to 1919, he served in World War I as chaplain at Mongoson, France. After the war, he enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh, earning a master of economics degree, and he was appointed pastor in 1923 at Old St. Patrick's Church in the Strip District. During the Great Depression, he organized a food-relief program and helped the homeless and unemployed find shelter. Blessed Virgin Of Lourdes Our Lady of Lourdes is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary invoked by Roman Catholics in honor of the Marian apparitions which are said to have taken place before various individuals on separate occasions around Lourdes, France. Most prominently among these is the apparition of February 11, 1858, when Saint Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl admitted to her mother that a "lady" spoke to her in the cave of Massabielle, (a mile from the town) while gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar appearances of the "lady" were reported on seventeen further occasions that year. Bernadette Soubirous was later canonized as a Saint, and Roman Catholics and some Protestants believe her apparitions have been validated by the overwhelming popularity and testament of healings claimed to have taken place at the Lourdes water spring. In 1862, Pope Pius IX authorized the Bishop Bertrand-Sévère Laurence to permit the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes. In this Marian title, Our Lady of Lourdes has been widely copied and reproduced, often displayed in shrines or homes, most notably in garden landscapes. She appears dressed all in white, apart from the blue belt fastened around her waist with golden yellow roses, one on each foot, the colour of her rosary. Prayer to Saint Christopher St. Christopher's Protection Dear Saint Christopher, protect me today in all my travels along the road's way. Give your warning sign if danger is near so that I may stop while the path is clear. Be at my window and direct me through when the vision blurs From out of the blue. Carry me safely to my destined place, like you carried Christ in your close embrace. Amen. Before the 1969 reform of the Roman calendar, Christopher was listed as a martyr who died under Decius. Nothing else is known about him. There are several legends about him including the one in which he was crossing a river when a child asked to be carried across. When Christopher put the child on his shoulders he found the child was unbelievably heavy. The child, according to the legend, was Christ carrying the weight of the whole world. This was what made Christopher patron saint of travelers and is invoked against storms, plagues, etc.. His former feast day is July 25. His name Christopher, means Christ-bearer. Also, please visit our shop to browse our vast collection of Rare & Precious Holy Medals, Sacred Statuary, Handmade Jewelry, And Heavenly Vintage: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AveImmaculata?ref=si_shop Size: 1 1/2" round

PERPETUAL PIETY PROMOTION - EXCLUSIVE BONUS: GREAT NEWS EVERYONE...WITH EVERY 3 ITEMS YOU PURCHASE, IN ONE SINGLE TRANSACTION, YOU WILL GET 1 RANDOMLY SELECTED BONUS RELIGIOUS MEDAL ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE USPS FIRST CLASS DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM AT AVE IMMACULATA - NO MINIMUM PURCHASE REQUIRED!!! + SAVE BIG TODAY - ENJOY SAVINGS UP TO 70% OFF FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME: DEEP DISCOUNTS ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THE SHOP!!! *NOTE*: Your GRATIS MEDAL(S) will be picked at random. The value of each BONUS will be equal or greater than the lowest priced item you purchase in one transaction. There is no limit to this promotion...if you buy 3 pieces you will get 1 additional piece FREE, if you buy 6 pieces you will get 2 additional pieces FREE. As long as you purchase in batches of 3, your transaction qualifies! These BONUS pieces cannot be exchanged or returned. HAPPY SHOPPING!!! Vintage Religious Medals, Antique Reliquaries, Sacred Statuary, Holy Charms & Talismans, Upcycled Jewelry, Altered Art, Ephemera, Trims, & Findings...and much much more! Welcome to Ave Immaculata! ~ Beauty is a Key to the Mystery and a Call to Transcendence. It is an Invitation to Savor Life and to Dream of the Future! We Bow To The Divine In You!!! A gorgeous large and highly detailed Holy medal - very Unique & Rare! Patron Saint for all the Fathers, Carpenters, Workers & Craftsmen among us. Front shows St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus gloriously crowned with halos. Joseph is also depicted with a lily branch symbolic of his purity, and indicating that his wife Mary was a virgin. Reverse is the blank, perfect to engrave a dedication, commemorative date, or personal monogram. This is one of the most Detailed and Beautiful medals I have had the privileged of owning. I know you will appreciate its wonderful design! Hallmarked CREED on reverse - Made in Italy! Glorious Saint Joseph, you are the pattern of all who work. Obtain for me, please, the grace to work conscientiously and to put devotion to duty before my selfish inclinations. Help me to labor in thankfulness and joy, for it is an honor to employ and to develop by my labor the gifts I have received from almighty God. Grant that I may work in orderliness, peace, moderation and patience without shrinking from weariness and difficulties. I offer my fatigue and perplexities as reparation for sin. I shall work, above all, with a pure intention and with detachment from self, having always before my eyes the hour of death and the accounting which I must then render of time ill-spent, of talents unemployed, of good undone, and of empty pride in success, which is so fatal to the work of God. For Jesus through Mary, all in imitation of you, good Saint Joseph. This shall be my motto in life and in death. Amen. Also, please visit our shop to browse our vast collection of Rare & Precious Holy Medals, Sacred Statuary, Handmade Jewelry, And Heavenly Vintage: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AveImmaculata?ref=si_shop Size: 1 1/8" tall x 1" wide

PERPETUAL PIETY PROMOTION - EXCLUSIVE BONUS: GREAT NEWS EVERYONE...WITH EVERY 3 ITEMS YOU PURCHASE, IN ONE SINGLE TRANSACTION, YOU WILL GET 1 RANDOMLY SELECTED BONUS RELIGIOUS MEDAL ABSOLUTELY FREE!!! ADDITIONALLY, YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE USPS FIRST CLASS DOMESTIC SHIPPING ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM AT AVE IMMACULATA - NO MINIMUM PURCHASE REQUIRED!!! + SAVE BIG TODAY - ENJOY SAVINGS UP TO 70% OFF FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME: DEEP DISCOUNTS ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THE SHOP!!! *NOTE*: Your GRATIS MEDAL(S) will be picked at random. The value of each BONUS will be equal or greater than the lowest priced item you purchase in one transaction. There is no limit to this promotion...if you buy 3 pieces you will get 1 additional piece FREE, if you buy 6 pieces you will get 2 additional pieces FREE. As long as you purchase in batches of 3, your transaction qualifies! These BONUS pieces cannot be exchanged or returned. HAPPY SHOPPING!!! Vintage Religious Medals, Antique Reliquaries, Sacred Statuary, Holy Charms & Talismans, Upcycled Jewelry, Altered Art, Ephemera, Trims, & Findings...and much much more! Welcome to Ave Immaculata! ~ Beauty is a Key to the Mystery and a Call to Transcendence. It is an Invitation to Savor Life and to Dream of the Future! We Bow To The Divine In You!!! A gorgeous and highly detailed Holy medal - very Unique & Rare! Patron Saint for all the Fathers, Carpenters, Workers & Craftsmen among us - also Protector Of Real Estate Agents. Front shows St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus gloriously crowned with stylized halos. Joseph is also depicted holding a lily branch in his arms, an emblem of Purity. Reverse is blank - perfect surface to have engraved or personalized. This is one of the most Detailed and Beautiful medals I have had the privileged of owning. I know you will appreciate its wonderful design! Hallmarked ITALY on bottom reverse. Glorious Saint Joseph, you are the pattern of all who work. Obtain for me, please, the grace to work conscientiously and to put devotion to duty before my selfish inclinations. Help me to labor in thankfulness and joy, for it is an honor to employ and to develop by my labor the gifts I have received from almighty God. Grant that I may work in orderliness, peace, moderation and patience without shrinking from weariness and difficulties. I offer my fatigue and perplexities as reparation for sin. I shall work, above all, with a pure intention and with detachment from self, having always before my eyes the hour of death and the accounting which I must then render of time ill-spent, of talents unemployed, of good undone, and of empty pride in success, which is so fatal to the work of God. For Jesus through Mary, all in imitation of you, good Saint Joseph. This shall be my motto in life and in death. Amen. Please visit our shop to browse our vast collection of Vintage Rosaries, Holy Medals, & Sacred Statuary: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AveImmaculata?ref=si_shop Size: 1 1/4" tall including bail x just under 3/4" wide