I write this book for anyone searching for what to believe. Through years of doubting all the conversations heard from friends and family about life in general, I was so very confused about who to believe, and what was the right choice. I questioned everyone and everything. I just existed day by day to get to tomorrow, and I worked hard to be a good student. I had a deeply ingrained desire to "be successful", yet I knew not what to do or how to get there. Time passes and all our choices determine our reality. However, our understanding is also created from life events not of our choosing. I share with you my life before 1987, and then the journey that I traveled since January 16, 1987, when I was in a horrid accident and experienced an out-of-body event. This life event forever has altered my thinking. I have spent over 30 years traveling this path, and in that journey have experienced some remarkable spiritual moments that have helped to define for me what is most important about this life. I hope that in sharing my experiences you will more fully understand our deep connection to our creator. You will be convinced that the statement Let Go and Let God is a valuable thought to embrace and hold onto.
Conversations with Joseph Goldstein, one of today’s most renowned meditation teachers who taught ABC news anchor Dan Harris (author of 10% Happier) to meditate, on the topic of integrity. Creating a Life of Integrity is our personal trainer for strengthening our integrity muscles. When we don’t speak or act from our own sense of integrity, we feel lousy. Find out how you can live with more integrity—and subsequently more joy—as you follow these lively conversations between Joseph Goldstein, a founder of the modern mindfulness movement, and Gail Stark, a businesswoman and his student and friend of twenty-five years. As Joseph and Gail unpack the components of integrity—generosity, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, courage, patience, truthfulness, resoluteness, loving-kindness, and equanimity—we discover each is a step on a path that transports us to an empowered place of clarity, commitment, and, consequently, more joy. As we strengthen and weave these qualities into our daily lives they become our trusted first response in a world that needs our integrity now. “A lovely, practical, intimate, and wise book. Read and you can enjoy an intimate conversation with a great teacher, and learn how to lovingly refine the study your own mind.”—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
Baby did not want to go with Whip, but she was afraid to refuse. She had borne the brunt of his temper, and she knew he just as soon hit her as look at her. "Oh, well. OK. I guess I can," she said. She hoped Cecil would take up for her and send Whip off on his own. That didn't happen. She decided she would buy a blow pop at the Quik Stop when they got to Main Street. Whip spit in the yard as they left it; this time he had a real gun with him. Baby was quiet all the way to town. She said, "What'cha gonna do now?" "What difference does it make? You wouldn't understand if I told ya. You not only the dumbest girl in town, you the ugliest too." Baby was used to abuse; she thought it was normal. She knew she could not argue with Whip or she would get even worse treatment. "So why did you want me to go along with ya tonight?" "I'm teaching ya how to stand up for ya'self. No one else will. You're hopeless!" Whip sneered. When they got to the Quik Stop, she went in and bought her sucker. He got a beer and drank it while they walked toward Ms. Grey's house. It was dark, and when they got there, they eased around to the back of the house. No lights were on, and no cars were parked on the street. "This is gonna be easy. We'll wait and see when she comes home, and then when she goes inside, we'll get her." Whip knew Thursday night she always went out around seven and came home around nine thirty. "How we gonna do that? We can't just go in and get her," Baby said. Whip pulled out the key from his pocket. "Jus' like this," he said. Baby didn't want to harm Ms. Grey. "No, I won't help you," she said and ran as fast as she could around the corner of the house. He hunkered down behind the bushes and sipped on his beer.
The Winds of Change is a collection of four stories about getting through the tough times. Each story follows its characters through the happenings in their lives. Each of us is touched by both joy and sadness. Each of us has to make choices about how to go forward with our lives when we are faced with change; so do the characters in these stories. The settings are located in South Africa, Antarctica, and Mexico. The animals and plant life in each setting play a role in the stories. Each setting offers its own unique environment and culture that the characters must respond to and interact with in order to survive.
In a quiet, shadow-filled hospital room, Opal slowly drifts into her past. With each drop of the morphine drip, she slips into those memories that had served to make her stronger, more compassionate, and better focused during life's relentless test of endurance. Ugly Opal calls out as she crosses back into the fragile world of her youth. A journey begins that awakens her soul to complete awareness of life and what it truly means to understand and to forgive.
THREE COUPLES. THREE VOWS. THREE WEDDINGS COME TRUE. A Bouquet of Thistles by Lyn Stone Since they were betrothed as children, John, Lord Greycourt, and Alys of Camoy have not set eyes on one another. Alys is overjoyed when John returns home—until she realizes that he has no intention of marriage. This is one battle that she cannot let her warrior win! Paying the Piper by Gail Ranstrom Miss Chloe Faraday has been engaged to Captain Sir Anthony Chandler for years, yet she doesn’t even know what he looks like. She can’t quite recall the dashing officer who proposed to her in a letter. Now the war is over, he expects to claim his bride. But Chloe has a mind of her own, and will not be compelled into marriage. Battle-Torn Bride by Anne O’Brien Forbidden to marry the man of her choice, Lady Beatrice Somerton was forcibly wed to another. Now her husband has met his death on the field of battle—perhaps by the hand of her first and only love. Should she still want such a man?
Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God." Selah. ""Psalm 3:2 Sherlock Holmes, the world's only consulting detective, has no clue of the rich symphony God has planned for his life. When murder strikes too close, the music of Sherlock's life turns dark and melancholic, and he vows to find the destiny of a person's essence after death. Professor Moriarty, a maestro of the criminal world, complicates Sherlock's investigation with blackmail. The professor's associate, Irene Adler, presents quite another distraction. Sherlock enlists the aid of his good friend, Dr. John Watson, but receives more help than expected. John's wife, Mary, is a woman of God and seeks to guide Sherlock's search with her prayers. A case at St. Michael's Mount proves nearly fatal, but provides Sherlock with an interlude to immerse himself in his music. When he is lent a del Gesu violin (meaning "of Jesus"), he gathers data from biblical scholars and receives insight from another realm. As an atheist and a gifted intellectual, Sherlock prides himself on his powers of observation and deductive reasoning. Will he finally be able to accept the Truth when his deductions defy science, logic, and his strict policy of self-reliance? The Game is on!
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