Inspirational and spiritual saga: This autobiographical novel is one of the most beloved spiritual sagas of our time. Guided by this eccentric old warrior, and inspired by a young woman named Joy, Dan began a spiritual odyssey into realms of light and shadow, romance and mystery, toward a final confrontation that would deliver or destroy him. Awakened by dark dreams one night, Dan found himself at a gas station with an old man named Socrates, and his world was changed forever. Yet, despite his many successes, he was haunted by the feeling that something was missing. A book that could change your life: When Dan Millman was a young man, he expected that hard work would eventually bring a life of comfort, wisdom, and happiness.
2021 Hence the problem encountered by every GOP candidate running statewide these days: how to appease the party base without putting off the far greater number of Democratic and independent voters. Recent Examples on the Web Samantha Froelich, whose testimony was played in a deposition video by the plaintiffs, joined the far-right group Identity Evropa for about a year to appease her boyfriend. They made sacrifices to appease the gods.
His critics were not appeased by this last speech. They appeased the dictator by accepting his demands in an effort to avoid war. Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0, September 2002 The California legislature's solution to this seemingly intractable problem was a politically appealing package with features to appease both utility investors and ratepayers. That wasn't likely to appease Sun's famously tart-tongued CEO, Scott McNealy, who was getting his introductory briefing on a vital new technology initiative that happened to be Gingell's brainchild.
2005 It was last summer, and Gingell, then Sun Microsystems's chief software engineer, had an excuse: His twin-engine Cessna had broken down, and he'd lost track of time while he gabbed on the phone with his mechanic. Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review, 20 Feb. 2005 The first is that, in affluent America, mothering has gone from an art to a cult, with devotees driving themselves to ever more baroque extremes to appease the goddess of perfect motherhood. They may be sad they had to sell, yet relieved that they are no longer under pressure to appease Wall Street's demand for growth and profits. But I imagine he and his siblings, who profited handsomely from the sale, have mixed emotions.