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This book gives readers the methodology to destroy ego, begin transformative sharing, and create a path to realize their true, godlike nature. It’s a quick read and a good modern-day explanation of Kabbalah. One main issue I had with it… huge sections of the text are in hot pink capital letters. What could the reason for that possibly be?
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Jodi Chapman recommended this little e-book as being “sweet, profound, loving, joyful, spiritual, and amazing.” How could I NOT read this? It’s about maintaining that internal connection to authentic self and Spirit that makes the heart sing. It explores how using prayer, meditation, gratitude, intentions and the law of attraction can move you into an abundant, joyous and authentic life.
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“A Million Little Ways” invites anyone to look at their lives differently by approaching their critics, their jobs, and the kids around their table the same way an artist approaches the canvas–with wonder, bravery, and hope. In her gentle, compelling style, Emily Freeman encourages readers to turn down the volume on their inner critic and move into the world with the courage to be who they most deeply are. She invites regular people to see the artistic potential in words, gestures, attitudes, and relationships. Readers will discover the art in a quiet word, a hot dinner, a made bed, a grace-filled glance, and a million other ways of showing God to the world through the simple human acts of listening, waiting, creating, and showing up.
“We are not trying to become a better version of ourselves. Instead, we begin to uncover the person whom we have forgotten we already are.”
Please read Wednesday’s blog post where I bared my heart and soul to you…
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I have to admit that this book requires a huge commitment. I made it about halfway through. The idea is to visualize the process through the various rooms of yourself, and I needed more than the 3 weeks that the library wanted me to have in order to do it properly.
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“My various rituals – the yoga, meditation, thinking, reading, Torah study — these were disciplines. They had become, to some degree, habit. But it was in the space around these rituals that faith resided. It was in the emptiness, the pause between actions, the stillness when one thing was finished but the next had not yet begun. Paradoxically, this was where effort came in, because it was so hard to be empty. To pause. To be still — not leaning forward, not falling back. Steady in the present — not even waiting. Just being… Why did something that should be so effortless require so much effort?”
This book is a meditation on the meaning of life and faith. It’s a well-written, thoughtful memoir about the authors mid-life crisis and search for spirituality. I enjoyed it but it is so obvious that Shapiro’s anxiety was oozing out of the pages and into me, so I quickly read it and moved on.
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“Life was meant to be happy.” This book is about the law of attraction, adding God to the equation. Walsch writes that the ability to create your reality is an expression of God. The process really has 3 parts: the first has to do with God, the second has to do with you, and the third with you and God together.
This is a very powerful book that I would recommend to anyone wishing to experience happiness within a spiritual context!
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“We cannot live without being affected by others, but we are only real when we let truth and love shape us from within. Our want to be liked, our want to avoid conflict, our want to be understood — all these traits tease us away from taking the voice within seriously.”
Sounds kind of what I said on Wednesday on uncovering our deepest dreams.
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What have you been reading lately? And are you on Goodreads? I’d love to connect there.
Everything I’ve Ever Read (I think)
Great books. I am on hold at the library waiting for the new Jane Green book.. Glad it was good..
What else are you reading? Anything you can recommend that’s light?
Your quote from Devotion reminded me of chapter 11 of the Tao Te Ching, which talks about the usefulness of the empty spaces even in the things that we make, like the windows and doors in a house, and the hollow center of a cup. But the substance of that cup defines that space, just as our actions define the periods of rest. If you tried to rest all day, it would no longer be restful. You’re very fortunate, to be able to read so much.
That’s profoundly right for me. I think it’s the duality of emotions that helps clarify them more. I’d like to know more about this. Thanks for your comment!