to urge the reader to bear witness to the world with unreserved fervor and thus to live more abundantly. In this book she accomplishes this urgency through imperatives as well as interrogatives, issuing commands throughout the volume that the reader would be foolish not to obey: "Take your busy heart . . . to the forest"; "If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy. . . . Give in to it. . . . Don't be afraid of its plenty"; "Let laughter come to you now and again, that sturdy friend"; "Refuse all cooperation with the heart's death," and, "Sing, if you can, and if not still be/musical inside yourself."from America Magazine: Mary's Good News
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