Books like The Path to Love: Spiritual Strategies for Healing

My mom has always had a thing against Chopra for commercializing Rumi. She makes up Chopra jokes and ignores the fact that he lives in her town. I should mention here that I am incredibly influenced by my mom's opinions, but one (sad, depressed) day, I found myself buying 2 of his books at Borders. I had read one before and I didn't care for it much, but I felt compelled to give him another try. It must have been the vain author portrait on the cover of the book?This book isn't as cheesy as it sounds. Honestly. Granted, I bought it when I was in a place that could have used a cheesier book, but I'm glad it wasn't barfy so I could actually dig in.If I had to sum up the book I'd say it's just about being a more open person and realizing that people are doing the best they can with where they are in life. When you're more forgiving, you're being more compassionate, and that allows everything to flow better in your life and in your various relationships. Sure, there's some talk of love and passion (one of my favorite quotes was about looking around you to see what you've created- what you create is a reflection of your passion). But more of the book is about spirituality and good-vibeyness. And I love me some good vibe books.I read this book by the beach, so it could have sucked and I might have still liked it. While some parts of this were long-winded (or maybe I just don't care to read about other people's trials and tribulations) I actually found it pretty insightful, well-written, and its use of Rumi was beautiful in context.