The Kindness Challenge (book review)

  Do you live in the kindest world? Do you wish you did?  I do not but, I wish I did.  As I write this I can't help but to think how unkind life really is.

Kindness is defined as the quality or state of being gentle or considerate.  This doesn't assign a particular task to any particular person.  It's pretty much up to everyones discretion.  It doesn't even have to cost anything or be related to material objects of any kind.

  Small consistent steps is what helps to keep on track.  30 days of focus on a area that needs improvement can't get worse, right?  Your intentions have to be genuine and you can't be kind for gratification.  

  This book guides you on the journey of kindness through prompts, statistics and personal stories.  With the book as an aid you are able to stay focused and on track when you feel like it's not working, feel defeat, or become discouraged.  Why keep trying when it's not being reciprocated?  

  You know what's funny is over the course of 30 days of focusing your intentions on someone else you yourself become a better person.  You learn to have patience and listen.  To hear and understand a person's intentions before your own.  You learn to see a scenario from another perspective.

  The Kindness Challenge will provide/supply you the motivation and inspiration to make your world a kinder place.  We all know one person is all it takes and one action can cause a reaction.  If all our actions are positive and purposeful we can slowly change the world around us.

  This is a great book in the sense that it's informative and provide insight and motivation in a positive format.  It's nice to know what to do, how to do it and why to do it!

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I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

Extraordinary Ordinary Moments (book review)

  Its not a book. Its not a journal.  Its a memory keepsake.  This is not your ordinary book; it's beyond the boundaries of a journal of memories.  Page after page challenges you to recognize special moments of your day/life.

 This journal is not about documenting your day to day activities.  It's about recognizing moments that are once and a lifetime or extra special at that particular time and place.

  The book is filled with prompts to help you savor the memories for later remembrance.  One page telling you to document something embarrassing, another instructing you to showcase what makes you stronger.

This is a book you will keep for a long time or maybe even pass down and share with your kids.  Hey, you could even purchase multiple books and gift them to your kids to journal their own experiences.

  I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.


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This Too Shall Pass (book review)

  A easy to follow book with one main character.  Follow Blanca as she copes with tragedy in her life.  We all have our own ways of dealing with issues.  I don't think there is a right or wrong way.  Some of us can pick up and move on quicker while I have seen others wallow in misery.  To each his own.

  In the book I felt like I was walking alongside Blanca as she had good days and made a variety of decisions.  She had close friends and family to lean on but as to be expected you don't always make the best decisions.

  It's nice to read a book about how a person handles life in a nonconventional way.  We as a society try to sugar coat everything.  We try to do everything they way we are expected to but that's not always how we want to do it.  The author helps Blanca keep it real by telling us her chosen lifestyle and her thoughts.

  This is an entertaining book to read while your looking to pass the time.  It can be read quickly as it only has over 150 pages.  Read this book to make yourself feel better.  Read this book to gain another perspective.  Read this book to understand no matter how we deal with life "this too shall pass".

  I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review.