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Kaiti's Living Book Favorites

    Kaiti’s Living Book Favorites (Created in 2017; Edited in 2022 prior to Set Your Feet Retreat)  These were my favorites and my recommendations for CM books. I read other books, of course, but these are the ones that stick out to me the most. Year 5:  I didn't read This Country of Ours, but I wish I had. My brother did and it sounded SO GOOD.  The Complete Books of Marvels by Halliburton Year 5 free reads: Little Women Anne of Green Gables (Series) Little House on the Praire (series) Carry On, Mr. Bowditch   Year 6: The Elements, A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe, Theo Gray Archimedes and the Door of Science Animal Farm (weird, but good.) Year 6 free-reads: Number the Stars The Von Trapp Family Singers The Chestry Oak God’s Smuggler Ben Hur Year 7: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Ourselves (This book is actually very applicable to life.) The Once and Future King Ivanhoe The History of English Lit for Girls and Boys The Life of a ...
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...and all the worth of little things

Hello, reader! A while ago I stumbled across the poem Recipe for Living, by Alfred Grant Walton (emphasis added): Some things a man must surely know, — If he is going to live and grow: He needs to know that life is more — Than what a man lays by in store, That more than all he may obtain, — Contentment offers greater gain. He needs to feel the thrill of mirth, — To sense the beauty of the earth, To know the joy that kindness brings — And all the worth of little things. He needs to have an open mind, — A friendly heart for all mankind, A trust in self — without conceit — — And strength to rise above defeat. He needs to have the will to share, — A mind to dream, a soul to dare, A purpose firm, a path to plod, — A faith in man, a trust in God. Not only is this poem beautiful with a great message, but that line really stuck out to me. "— And all the worth of little things." Do I take time to appreciate the little things in life? When I first read this poem an...
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