“Love life, engage in it, give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.” ~Maya Angelou
“Don’t ever underestimate the power and effect on your life of someone who loves you. Don’t ever underestimate the power and effect of your love on someone else” Velinda
Today, my ebook was published on both Kindle and The Nook. The preview for the book is listed below as well as a review by my proofreader. She read the book and was so motivated by it to change her life that she started her own business. See reviews and links below.
Preview for book: There comes a time when you know the world you are living in is not your home. When that happens it does not matter the existing circumstances. It does not matter how late in life you may have waited. What matters is that you are ready to jump into the life your soul has longed for. This is when you feel alive. This is when you know everything you have been prepared for is coming together, and it is time…time to finally live who you are. This realization is magical and resonates possibly for the first time with your life’s purpose. My message is don’t wait for what you know you are born to do. When you have a talent, it needs to be shared. When you have a dream, it needs to be lived. When your heart is leading you and your passion is talking to you, listen! Life is about your unique journey, and the difference you can make. There is nothing that will compare with your decision to finally go in the direction you are meant to go and all the magic that happens from that decision. This is when life finally falls together.
Originally written only for my Children as inspiration and guidance about life, This River Called Life, A Letter to My Children is encouragement…about taking control of your destiny instead of accepting what life lays in your lap. It’s about finding yourself, believing in your dreams, believing in yourself, leaving yesterday behind, and creating a world as unique as you are. What has been in your life up till now has nothing to do with what can be.
Review: It is my distinct pleasure to have read the first draft of Velinda Peyton’s new book This River Called Life, A Letter to My Children. She writes in such a clear, informative manner and is inspirational in her encouragement of others to pursue their dreams. Consequently, I have started a business with my husband after reading her book because I also have found my passion. In addition, she tunes in so well to many of the longings we all have, in every aspect of our lives. One particular passage that moves me is her description of coming across a deer in a remote area of Colorado. Her description is so poetic and moving that I feel as if I am actually there with her in the moment. I often find myself wanting to reread certain passages because the writing is simply that good. Fantastic job, Velinda! Cathy
“People seem to lose faith so easily. Isn’t that the whole point in believing? Tomorrow always brings promises that yesterday couldn’t make” Jenna Gilbert 
When all Else Fails: “They laughed and asked me what I see in you. I smiled back and said…everything you don’t” Unknown
There have been times that my children expressed to me a lack of confidence in themselves. It’s natural at times for people to fall into feelings of doubt. But what I see in them is everything they don’t. I see their love and worth. I see the good that is innately there. I see all the potential they have going for them. I see love. If they could only see what I see in them they would never doubt themselves. I see the two most precious people I have ever known. I love them deeply and see everything in them that makes my heart know my life is beautiful for having known them.
From the Book: This River Called Life, A Letter to My Children http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077SF3GY
The authentic self gives you power, vision, and passion.
You’ll never get something in your life unless you believe you deserve it. You have to believe and fall in love with yourself. Believe in yourself, your worth, your value. Dr. Phil
Nothing is more important than to know yourself. This makes all things on all planes in all realities easy.
To grow and change we need to integrate insight into our lives. The irony is that we create all the situations in our lives to teach us things. We set ourselves up for lessons and when they come along we feel hurt. Self-pity means you need to be aware of your illusions. The very hurt and fear that you feel is part of the lesson you yourself have created. When you stop resisting the feeling and realized that the persons involved in the situation are just actors on the stage, then you are free to receive insights into what is going on. If you know yourself, then your life works. You do not have problems in one-to-one relationships. You do not set yourself up to be rejected or dumped on, lied to or ripped off. You do not set yourself up to be bored or frustrated, for you are in tune with and following your creative life path.
Betty Bethards, The Dream Book
Dreams Are Whispers From The Soul.
What you really want to do is what you are really meant to do. When you do what you are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, you feel useful, and the work you do feels like play to us. Julia Cameron
“So many of us were emotionally abandoned as children and learned that the only safety or thing to count on was doing it all by ourselves. We fill the emptiness by being beholden to no one. The alternative is giving and receiving. We are worthy.” Sark
Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. A Course In Miracles makes a fundamental distinction between the real and unreal; between knowledge and perception. Knowledge is truth under one law, the law of love or God. Truth is unalterable, eternal and unambiguous. It can be unrecognized, but it cannot be changed. It applies to everything that God created, and only what He created is real. It is beyond learning because it is beyond time and process. It has no opposite; no beginning and no end. It merely is.
A Course In Miracles
“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own”
Robert Heinlein
