I read the first sample chapter…and did two uncharacteristic things:
- I pressed BUY on the Amazon Kindle store WITHOUT checking the reviews.
- I wrote in my journal: I think I found another book that could change my life.
I’m only in chapter three and I feel the book could have been written by me. I have to stop myself from highlighting every sentence.
“People called me tough. And capable. And they said I was someone they could count on. Those are all nice things. Kind of. But they’re not the same as loving, or kind, or joyful. I was not those things.
“I believed that work could save me, make me happy and solve my problems; that if I absolutely wore myself out, happiness would be waiting for me on the other side of all that work. But it wasn’t.
“Oh the other side was just more work. More expectations, more responsibility.”
“My life is now marked by quiet, connection, simplicity. It has taken every bit of marathon three years to learn these things, and like any hard, good work, I fail and try again more often than I’d prefer. But there is a peace that defines my days, a settledness, a roundedness. I’ve been searching for this in a million places, all outside myself, and it astounds me to realize that the roundedness is within me, and that maybe it was there all along.”
It’s called Present over Perfect: Leaving the Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist.
Do these words sound familiar? Have you said them to yourself as well? If you want a new way to live, then work with me so we can figure a different way of life together.
*This was yesterday’s post but my daughter had to go through surgery because of an accident. Life happens—and there are things more important than 30-day challenges.
