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J.E. Wiseman's book "Jazz" has just been released by Sweet Cravings Publishing for .99 I highly recommend it.
http://store.secretcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=33&products_id=650
Here's a little blurb.
Ginger grows up listening to her mother’s jazz records and is determined to become a jazz singer and not a frustrated drunk like her mother, who gave up her dream. She meets Gabe in high school, whose father lets her sing with his trio in a small bar in their hometown. She’s encouraged to move to NY where she meets Ben, a jazz pianist, in the Greenwich Village coffee house where they both work, and they become a team as well as lovers. While making a record, she is seduced by Bill, a sax player and decides she wants to be free to have other relationships and risks telling Ben she cheated. He cannot accept this and walks out, forcing Ginger to question what she wants. Torn and confused, she sees an old couple, holding hands, walking in the park. She sees their love, questions her decision and wonders if Ben will be able to forgive her.
It is human nature to sometimes feel that we are lacking in one aspect or another in life.
Whether it is our ability to solve mathematical equations, capacity to hold an intelligent conversation, or confidence to get on the dance floor and strut our stuff, we were all provided with these talents the day we were born.
It is merely up to each and every one of us to put these innate skills into use on a daily basis, and to have the necessary self-esteem to realize that there is nothing we can't do if we apply ourselves.
I am not claiming that we are all Isaac Newton, JFK, or John Travolta, but my point is that we can do anything we put our minds to, just like those who became famous in their respective fields did, and it only takes practice, determination and enthusiasm.
For me, alcohol, drugs and gambling became my Achilles' heel, which, upon deep introspection, I learned was caused by a lack of self-esteem and self-confidence on my part.
Consequently, by getting help for my addictions, I have been able to turn things around, which has resulted in my writing, "Jew in Jail," becoming a motivational & inspirational speaker, and enjoying a healthy and happy lifestyle, realizing that there is nothing I can't accomplish.
An important note to always remember is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with trying and failing at first, simply because it is part of the learning process.
On the other hand, not even making an attempt at something will only lead to "should've, could've, would've" later on in life, with the uncertainty of what might have been filling one's mind for years to come.
Put differently, an error of commission is much better than one of omission.
So, remember, you can do and become anything in life.
All it takes is a decision and the desire to try.
Until next time, always reach for the moon, because, even if you miss, you will be among the stars!
The Adventures of Sir Princess Petra is continuing with the release of book two, Princess Petra's
Talent, this September 24, 2013. A virtual book blog tour is being run in late September to coincide with the release. This is a chapter book that is fun and whimsical.
I am looking for book reviewers with a children's website or blog who would like a book in exchange for a review, interview, book blast, or guest post. A review is most preferred.
Sir Princess Petra is a young knight, the first female knight and the daughter of the ing. Both the King and Queen are not happy with their daughter's odd choices for the time . She is a strong female bucking the traditional female roles of the time. She rides a dragon named Snarls, who she tamed in book one.
The author is Diane Mae Robinson, Alberta Canada's Emerging Artist of the Year in 2012 for the Literary ARts. This is a high honor in Canada. She is also the winner of the purple dragon award for the same year, both for book one, Sir Princess Petra.
Visit Diane's website at: http://www.dragonsbook.com/
Diane's Blog : http://www.dianemaerobinson.com/
My blog: http://kid-lit-reviews.com/
You can use the contact form on my blog to contact me. This is a fun, fast read that could be read and reviewed in one night.
I lost the roots of my homeland to gain the wings of the world. Nothing experienced is ever lost because our greatest pain is always lighting the path towards our highest aspirations.
An essential aspect of life is to experience joy. Just as it is essential to have contrast. Contrast is often experienced as pain. Especially if we are resisting the situation. Pain is obviously unpleasant, but the underlying messages are actually our greatest guides and teachers.
Take a look back on your lessons learned, you might discover that many of them were birthed through our buddy-in-disguise, 'pain'.
For me, life seems to have been all about learning that I was clutching and far too physically attached. Attached to my idea of how a loving home ought to be. Attached to people like my dad who was no longer around after the divorce. Attached to my baby brother, my-heart-life-raft, who was so rudely yanked out of my life during the crumbling of our family home. Too-attached-to-the-physical lessons became bigger and more painful as I emotionally shut down after each occurrence. I refused to even consider accepting the gifts concealed and wrapped within each painful package.
Ultimately I lost my homeland, the country that I loved so dearly, Rhodesia. I also lost my horses, my Siamese cat, my police-trained dog, my home and my lifestyle when I became a refugee from Mozambique after it became Communist. I was one of Africa's broke, broken, walking wounded. But as Nietzsche so aptly put it, "That which does not kill me serves to make me stronger".
I've been given many gifts from my painful life lessons. Gifts of understanding and compassion. Gifts of awareness and intuition. Most of all, I have come to realize that nothing in life is permanent so best enjoy the experience to the fullest while you can. One day at a time.
Finally the most liberating gift of all is the discovery that we are all Infinite Beings with the ability to experience life as a brilliant Soul Adventure.
"To believe that you are only the body, is like being lost in a foreign land. Our true homeland is Infinity, Omnipresence. Here on Planet Earth we are only visitors - Soul Adventurers on a brief excursion." - LuxmiH Eve-Lyn Forbes
