I’ve been sitting on my
thoughts, letting them soak in good and deep.
Sometimes they need to percolate before they have the right strength and
lose the raw edge. The need more body
and refinement. Really, this post
should’ve been up a week ago, but it just wasn’t there. I’m not sure it is yet.
There are times when ideas
and books get into your DNA and you can’t express the difference, but you know
it’s there. Think of a holy virus that
starts small, but fills your being with a new way of living. This is how “Breathing Room”, the new book from Leanna Tankersley, is feeling to me.
Never have I read so many
chapters with my mouth hanging open and feeling as if maybe I’d been spied on
without knowing it. Maybe those who wear
hand-crafted aluminum foil hats to keep out the thought monitors are onto
something. Or maybe, we all have a lot
of the same thoughts, but aren’t able to define what nags at us on the tired,
lonely, dark, or frazzled days when we want it all to just. go. away!
That feeling of holding our
breath under water to make it through to the next day, we’ve all been there at
some point. We are pushing through for
the next big inhale that will sustain us as we hold it again. But there’s a fundamental problem. Taking in a big inhale is not what we need to
do.
The opposite of holding your breath isn’t inhaling, it’s
letting go.
Letting go!
Letting go of the frantic,
the control, the desire to suppress grief, the holding it togetherness – all
that exhausts us. The letting go is what
gives us room to breath, to accept who we are and FULLY LIVE!
Leanna blends honesty, humor
and a mastery of literary devices in “Breathing Room” that makes it entirely
readable, relatable, and revolutionary.
It’s filled with “me, too” moments as well as empathy expanding moments
for those you may not have experienced.
The insights are thought provoking and may change your perspective on
the private struggles of others – and yourself.
I was given an advanced copy
of Breathing Room to read by Revell, a division of Baker Publishing, but my
opinions and subsequent self-evaluation are entirely my own. I would be remiss, though, if I didn’t tell
you that you should read this and see for yourself. Available now through your favorite bookseller.
Disclosure: I was provided a copy of this book for review. As always, all opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for your support when you use them.
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