when desire becomes intention

Martha Beck has written a delightful book called The Joy Diet. Although this book contains 10 menu items, it is not about food, nor about diet as as now use the word. Beck purports that diet originally meant something more like lifestyle, rather than a painful plan of eating that takes all enjoyment away from the bland nutrients you consume.

I enjoy her subtle sense of humor, as well as her insight into the minds of men and women everywhere. She really seems like a normal person as she recounts stories about the clients she has worked with as a life coach. And she was the first life coach I ever encountered among the thousands that are now ubiquitous on the web.

She speaks about goals as desires, so passionate as to be irrestible, so motivation is never lacking when you truly know your heart's desire. Now these are goals that inspire!

The book is called The Joy Diet.