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Summary: Impossible to Review
Review: Reviewing Hope for the Flowers is like trying to review a butterfly. Impossible. Granted, one can list features & salient points, but no collection of words can pass on the joyful experience of watching a butterfly alight upon a buttercup on a warm spring afternoon. No better description than the one on the cover: "a tale--partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope for adults and others (including caterpillars who can read)". Once again I find myself at a place in life where the struggle to climb to the top of the heap overwhelms me on a daily basis. Once again, I needed to take this book off the shelf (I have several copies--any time I see one at a garage sale or used book store, I buy it--ready to give away), blow away the dust, and inhale the refreshing message of liberation. Hope for the Flowers does more to puncture bourgeois denial than any Marxist treatise ever could. It cuts to the radical more deeply than the Anarchists can approach. This blessed fable challenges us to embrace the truly important and to become who we really are, instead of pursuing the carrots dangled in front of us by our Corporate Masters. Five stars for wonder. Five stars for beauty. Five stars for importance. If you haven't read this book lately, chances are you need it in your life today. (If you'd like to dialogue about this review, please click the "about me" link above & drop me email. Thanks!)
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Summary: A beautiful story that sets your spirit free!
Review: I absolutely love this book! It breathes life into my sagging spirit and awakens that part of me longing to fly free and discover the joy of life. It has transformed my life and continues to provide me with hope every time I read it. Share this book with those you love and with those who need to know there is another way of life awaiting them. Discover the "butterfly" inside yourself!
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Summary: Brilliant simplicity
Review: A beautiful story - I want to say ahead of it's time. But that's not correct. Today. This is its time. Now - we are the flowers, and there is hope for us all :-)
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Summary: Impossible to Review
Review: Reviewing Hope for the Flowers is like trying to review a butterfly. Impossible. Granted, one can list features & salient points, but no collection of words can pass on the joyful experience of watching a butterfly alight upon a buttercup on a warm spring afternoon. No better description than the one on the cover: "a tale--partly about life, partly about revolution and lots about hope for adults and others (including caterpillars who can read)". Once again I find myself at a place in life where the struggle to climb to the top of the heap overwhelms me on a daily basis. Once again, I needed to take this book off the shelf (I have several copies--any time I see one at a garage sale or used book store, I buy it--ready to give away), blow away the dust, and inhale the refreshing message of liberation. Hope for the Flowers does more to puncture bourgeois denial than any Marxist treatise ever could. It cuts to the radical more deeply than the Anarchists can approach. This blessed fable challenges us to embrace the truly important and to become who we really are, instead of pursuing the carrots dangled in front of us by our Corporate Masters. Five stars for wonder. Five stars for beauty. Five stars for importance. If you haven't read this book lately, chances are you need it in your life today. (If you'd like to dialogue about this review, please click the "about me" link above & drop me email. Thanks!)
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Summary: My 9 yr old daughter discovers 'Hope for the Flowers'
Review: While my daughter, a 3rd grader was trying to find a book to use for a report, she discovered my 20 yr old copy of 'Hope for the Flowers' from a college course. She went off and read it, came back and told me how much she liked the book. Her understanding of the story was of course at a much simpler level, quite sweet. She adores Stripe and Yellow. It became a natural opportunity to have conversations about what is important, what 'getting to the top' might mean and so forth. Throughout the story there is so much symbolism that you don't want to rush through it. There are so many parallels between the book and what goes on everyday in our lives. I have given this book many times as a gift in the past. Now I'm going to buy up some more copies so my daughter and I can give them out. I'm looking forward to the audio version and Trina's website.
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Summary: For when you're feeling down
Review: this book was given to me by a friend, and though at first i wasn't sure what to make of it, i have really enjoyed it. i've read it many times, usually whenever things are kind of rough and it always works as a good pick me up. in turn i've given this book to a friend of mine when she was going through a lot.
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Summary: Just when the caterpillar gave up hope . . .
Review: Hope for the Flowers is a children's story with a moral that we adults should take to heart as well. We can't help but keep thinking about our own careers as Stripe, the caterpillar, struggles with his climb to the top of the heap. Once he gets there, he learns that there really isn't anything special to see or own. I won't spoil the story for you, but will remind you of the old adage that it is best to make sure that the ladder you're climbing is against the right building! I highly recommend this book to those with young children or who teach young children. Only because you might be embarrassed to purchase it for yourself and read it. So use a child as an excuse and learn how Stripe and Yellow finally get through the perils of climbing the heap. Simply a wonderful book.
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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: I was introduced to this book by a wonderful teacher of mine. This book is all about reformation. If you feel like everything in your life is the same day after day, and it seems to be getting boring, this book is for you. This book is great for recovering addicts or alcoholics because it really offers a new perspective on what life could be. It makes you really realize what you've been missing out on in life all those years. And it gives you hope for a new begining. Great inspiration!!
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Summary: A good thing just happened for you
Review: If you are here, reading this, it means somebody must have told you about this book. They did you a favor, and you should thank them. Are you troubled by the notion that there must be more to life than what you're experiencing? Not interested in joining a cult or in taking Prozac for the rest of your life? Two dear friends named Christy and Sherri introduced me to this book when I was 20. Now, fifteen years later, I know they were trying to intervene in what was shaping up to be a disastrous life for me. I wasn't evolved enough to understand them or this book then, but I understand now. This book is a potent starting place for your own personal revolution into a much more joyful, loving place than you have ever been before. Do you feel like you live in a world that has every material thing to offer, but offers no place just for you? Do you wonder where most or all of your real friends went, and why you can't seem to make new ones? When the alarm goes off in the morning, are you putting your feet on the floor for any other reason than just to pay the bills? If this sounds like your life, (it was mine for quite awhile), do yourself a favor and buy this book. Sleep with it under your pillow, and read it every morning before you start your day, even if it means setting your alarm 15 minutes earlier. Read it until you have it memorized, then move on to Richard Bach's "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," and from there to wherever you want to go. The path to a joyful and loving and sharing life is walked one step at a time, and "Hope for the Flowers" is as good a first step as any.
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Summary: hope....it is in this book
Review: This is a wonderful book. My girlfriend and I read it and now I am getting a copy for my Godson. It is a beautiful story about the hope that we can find in Christ. (Not everyting that is about this has to say it outright.) I checked out the Hope for the Flowers website and nowhere on it did it promote new age religions and was published by a Catholic company(see review by ripley11). It does talk about environmentalism and feminism, which are both perfectly in line with Christianity. Besides, what the author believes in addition to what is said in the book does not take away from the book itself. It is a great starting point to teach your kids about the hope of Christ and a great reminder for adults about what is important in life.
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