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The Invitation-Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Good Day Bibliophiles!

For as long as I can remember I have always been a little interested in the idea if meditating. The idea that I had the capability to really silence my mind for a few minutes, completely silence the hustle and bustle of life, background noise and everything in between. 

I am happy to say that Oriah Mountain Dreamer has made this even the tiniest bit possible for me. A few months ago, when I was on my mission to silence my mind for a bit and truly relax even for a little bit, I searched and searched for the right way to do this. I searched on Youtube, asked around and finally took a look around to see if I could find any books. It took a while, it was difficulty to find a book that I could truly understand on this topic. Thankfully I came across a quote by this author in one of Oprah's books, I cant for the life of me remember which book , or what this particular quote was. . . clearly I am getting old 😉?.  

Anyway I did some research and found The Call which was written by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, every chapter ended with a meditation that pertained to the topic that had been discussed. I didn't manage to complete the book unfortunately and kind of put meditation on hold. Fast forward a couple of months later a colleague of mine asked me to do a personality quiz, when I finally completed, guess whose name popped up with a quote that best described me. . . yes! you guessed it Oriah Mountain Dreamer. It was  a week later that I found The Invitation. 

It didn't take me long to get through this book which is the problem. There are 11 topics ranging from Joy, Failure, Sorrow to The Longing, each topic ends with a particular meditation that you can partake in. Funnily enough on the day that I recived this book I got through six of the topics and had to find the will power to stop reading. I have told alot of my friends about the interesting nature if this book, honestly just reading on how this author wants her readers to meditate for these different topics are really calming within themselves. 

If you're into something a little different this would be the book for you... plus Oprah used one of her quotes sooooo I don't know I'm just saying. . . I mean its Oprah people😃!!!!


Favorite Quotes
" It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you
dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love,
for your dreams,
for the adventure of being alive."

*****

Happy Reading Bibliophiles
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