About the Book: Excerpts from the Book
Part One
My knees were knocking. Big time. I have never really known what that expression meant until now. It apparently means that your knees shake uncontrollably as mine were at the moment. And with good reason since I had almost wiped out a burgundy van as I had tried to change lanes a moment ago.
Obviously, I had a blind spot in my passenger side mirror which is no small problem when I'm driving a 33-foot motorhome by myself. Actually, I'm not alone, I have Max, my 100-pound yellow Lab with me, but he--as smart as he is--just hasn't gotten the knack for helping me drive this thing yet.
Neither had I. This was my first trip driving the motorhome--a 1992 Fleetwood Coronado--by myself. And while I had driven it with my friend, Bob, in the past, he had really managed the vehicle and I was just a second driver for short periods when he got tired.
This, I was beginning to realize, was a whole different kettle of fish. And it was a little late to be realizing it since it was loaded for a month-long trip and I was currently trying to out run a snowstorm that was bearing down on my hometown of Mentor, Ohio.
It was March 5, 2005, and we had just gotten a break in our winter weather that wasn't expected to last long. I had been waiting for just such an occasion to escape in the motorhome, and it looked like today was going to be the last good day for quite a while. And I was feeling pretty excited--even somewhat desperate--to get out of town and find some warmer weather. (continued in the book)
Excerpt from the Epilogue:
It is now September 22, 2008, which is the Autumnal (Fall) Equinox, and the book is finally ready to be launched. And it is only fitting that it be launched now, along with the Autumnal Equinox, since—at age 58—it represents the fall season of my life and the harvesting of much of my life experience.
And the Equinox is such an important time of year for me that it feels very appropriate to be bringing the book to the world at this time. The Equinox is important to me because—as you already know—it is the time of the year when the length of the day and night are equal or in harmony. And my entire intention with the book is to enhance harmony on the planet so what could be more perfect.
This perfect timing is the work of the divine universe, not me.
In my own human imperfection, I had felt a need to rush forward and get it printed as quickly as possible when I got back to Mentor in April. But then a wondrous thing happened—I realized that I needed to let go of the illusion of control and just let the process unfold with its own divine timing, and that my task was to go with that flow and just pay attention to what the universe wanted me to learn.
And I had a lot yet to learn.
As you know from the book, my life journey has been marked by the need to heal my wounds and face my fears in order to move forward and live a more conscious life. And by a conscious life I mean one where I am secure enough in my inner self that I can allow the divine to guide me and, by so doing, co-create a more loving, grateful, and peaceful existence for myself. (continued in the book or link below)
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