Open Book: Spirituality, Psychology Dovetail In This Best SellerOpen Book: Spirituality, Psychology Dovetail In This Best Seller

Tackling the ageless problem of confronting and solving problems, this week's entry spent years on best-seller lists and spawned several "sequels." Identify the book, and you might win a serene and spiritually rewarding

information Staff, Contributor

February 8, 2002

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The subject this week was penned by a Harvard University graduate who went on to earn his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. An excerpt from the no-longer-practicing psychiatrist's book, which attempts to show readers how to "embrace reality and achieve serenity and fullness in your life":

Having looked at some of the things that love is not, let us now examine some that love is. It was mentioned in the introduction to this section that the definition of love implied effort. When we extend ourselves, when we take an extra step or walk an extra mile, we do so in opposition to the inertia of laziness or the resistance of fear. Extension of ourselves or moving out against the inertia of laziness we call work. Moving out in the face of fear we call courage. Love, then, is a form of work or a form of courage. Specifically, it is work or courage directed toward the nurture of our own or another's spiritual growth. We may work or exert courage in directions other than toward spiritual growth, and for this reason all work and all courage is not love. But since it requires the extension of ourselves, love is always either work or courage. If an act is not one of work or courage, then it is not an act of love. There are no exceptions.

To win an information goody, E-mail [email protected] by noon ET Thursday with the title, author, and name of the author's first work of fiction (which happened to be his fifth book). Two respondents will be chosen randomly from correct answers.

Jan. 28 quiz: Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Third question: Tim Roth was the actor who played Marlow in the movie of the same name. Winners: Neil Branam-Lekove and Kenneth Lapins.

Feb. 4 quiz: Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier. Third question: The name of the estate is Manderley. Winners: Leneta A. Kindrick and Greg Litchfield.

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