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Metaphorical Journey: Victoria's Contemplative Encounters with the Profound Complexities of Life
Paperback
Publisher Price: $13.95
Publisher: Hawes & Jenkins
Published: Oct 28 2025
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Metaphorical Journey, Victoria-drawn from the quiet curiosity of author Emilio de Cárdenas' great-granddaughter-guides us through seven vivid metaphors that reflect the heart of the human experience: impermanence, challenge, agency, faith, mortality, interconnectedness, and choice.
Follow Victoria as she sculpts fleeting sandcastles against the tide, climbs the rugged mountains of adversity, navigates the relentless River of Time, and takes a daring leap into the transcendental. Through quiet moments of revelation, she confronts transcendence, weaves her life into the shared tapestry of existence, and plays the cards of life with purpose and compassion. Blending Stoicism, existentialism, and Christian mysticism, this contemplative narrative invites readers to pause, reflect, and embrace life's fleeting beauty.
Profound yet accessible, this is a book for seekers-those who long to live with intention, love without fear, and find meaning in the delicate dance between the finite and the eternal. It is a reminder that our legacy endures in the connections we forge and the love we share.
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