Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal by Rachel Naomi Remen — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists

I loved this book. I have it out from the library and I keep renewing it so that I can re-read my favorite parts. It is a compilation of short stories and insights written by a medical doctor that works as a counsellor.

Kitchen Table Wisdom shares a story called The Container which I first heard in the Primary Broadcast in January 2003 in a talk by Gayle M. Clegg. I would have read this book long ago if I had checked the source of the container story in her talk. The whole book is filled with sto I loved this book. I have it out from the library and I keep renewing it so that I can re-read my favorite parts. It is a compilation of short stories and insights written by a medical doctor that works as a counsellor.

Kitchen Table Wisdom shares a story called The Container which I first heard in the Primary Broadcast in January 2003 in a talk by Gayle M. Clegg. I would have read this book long ago if I had checked the source of the container story in her talk. The whole book is filled with stories and wisdom. I'll share one story.

The Task Gets Between Us is a story about a man who enjoys mountain climbing with his son until he (the dad) becomes ill and can no longer climb mountains. The father describes the change in his relationship with his son:

"I can't do much just now, so we sit and talk. I ask him about his life and how he feels about it. For the first time I know what is important to him, what sort of a man he is, what keeps him going. And I talk to him too. I know now that I am important to him, that he wants to spend time with me and not because we can do physical things together. Sometimes we just sit together, being alive. The mountain got between us before. I had not known that."

For me this was a good reminder that quality time is about relating to each other.