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First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life and Living

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Click here to buy First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life and Living by Richard Bode. First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life and Living
(Paperback - June 1, 1995)
by Richard Bode
Sales Rank: 41808
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Features
  • Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
  • Published by: Grand Central Publishing June 1, 1995
  • Written in: English
  • ISBN 10 Number: 0446670030
  • ISBN 13 Number: 978-0446670036
  • Book Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
  • Weighs: 8 ounces

From Publishers Weekly

Bode ( Blue Sloop at Dawn ) uses his great love of sailing as a metaphor for the tides of life. Describing his own introduction to sailing at age 12, he stresses the importance of mastering the simple, small things before attempting more complicated actions. Later the author purchases a blue sloop, matures and, as a grown man with children, decides to sell the sloop and sail into new, uncharted waters, assuming he will never forget the many important lessons the boat taught him. Other themes include complacency ("Going with the Wind"), confusion ("Fogbound"), forgiveness ("A Forgiving Boat"), and violence ("A Lazy Sailor at Heart"). Determinedly inspirational, this book will appeal to admirers of Robert Fulghum et al.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


Reader Reviews
From Joan Mazza, author of DREAMING YOUR REAL SELF, DREAM BACK YOUR LIFE, FROM DREAMS TO DISCOVERY and THINGS THAT TICK ME OFF. Richard Bode has given us a beautiful book to savor and ponder. I read this straight through in one day-a rare event for me, since I always read several very different books at a time. FIRST YOU HAVE TO ROW A LITTLE BOAT had me totally engaged and I kept marking paragraphs and writing WOW in the margins. On page 145 he says, "If every man and woman were to take the meaning of their life and pursue it passionately, they would alter the social landscape overnight. In fact, that's how lasting revolutions are made-not by the raised arm of the masses, not by the military seizure of power, not by the political coup d'état, but by individuals asserting who they are one at a time." WOW. His use of sailing as metaphor worked beautifully for me, even though I don't sail. His comments (page 32) about listening to the wind instead of holding tightly to dogma and rigidity were eloquent bordering on poetry. Very inspiring.


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