New Year Inspiration

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to...

Reclaim Joy, Inner Freedom, and Zest for Life. How often do you feel joy—a truly pure, unadulterated experience of ease, bliss, and happiness? In childhood, our joy arises in the moment, spontaneous and free. But as we become adults, we’re faced with the pressure of increased...

Every new-year people expect new things. Individuals hope and believe that the new-year will offer them something better. Almost everyone makes resolutions about what they intend to do or not do in the new-year. Actually, God’s design is that you get better every year. He wants you to be better this year than you were last year. Perhaps last year wasn’t as good as you wanted it to be. Maybe you faced difficult challenges and there’re so many things you don’t want to remember about the past year, God has something good for you this year. Perhaps last threw you off balance because you...

THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater’s prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness...

How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives. Any given day brings a never-ending list of things to do. There’s the work thing, the catch-up thing, the laundry thing, the creative thing, the exercise thing, the family thing, the thing we don’t want to do...

Discover the joys and adventures of your Golden Years—create your dream retirement bucket list today, without worrying about age, ability, or budget! Are you wondering how to fill your days with meaning, connection, and excitement now that the 9-to-5 is behind you? Do you wish for fresh ideas that fit your interests, health, and finances—without feeling overwhelmed or left out? Are you ready to rediscover your passions, try new things, and truly savor every moment, but unsure where to start? If so, you’re not alone. My Retirement Bucket List Made Simple is your trusted companion for ...

For the most part Abraham's children—Jews, Christians, and Muslims—are strangers to one another, knowing what someone has told them about the other. In A Year with Abraham’s Children, you can read the words of each as they speak for themselves. Obviously, the three faiths are different or they would not be separate faiths. Still, they have much in common. Robert Flaherty has collected quotations from the three children of Abraham, primarily from the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and the Qur’an, that emphasize what the three have in common. For each day of the year, there is ...

Sooner or later we all come to some kind of crossroads in life, and when we do which way will we turn? Here is a true enough story of six people who come to the most difficult of crossroads. Lucky for them a random used book travels across the United States to yet another used bookstore. It was the right time and place for each of these people, but does it alter their lives? There destinies? What crossroads could be changed by just by reading one message in a book? And how could it be the same change for six strangers , all with their own troubling problem which forces them to make a choice...

Modern-day Renaissance man and star of Bravo's Thicker Than Water Ben Tankard offers powerful motivation and practical tools to empower readers to find their destiny and create an action plan to unlock it. As a pastor, pilot, motivational speaker, bestselling Gospel/Jazz musician, and reality TV...

Short motivational rticle about looking back on what you promised yourself, you'd accomplish, in this new year, and assessing your progress.Figuring out what you have done and what you have not, and looking for reasons why not. Challenging yourself is necessary to push forwards. This article is about honesty, with the most important person, yourself...

I was a total rookie. Fresh off the plane in Sydney with a small backpack, a head full of dreams, and absolutely no idea how to survive the "real" Australia. I had traded the crushing weight of a high-stress career for the Great Unknown, but standing in a chaotic customs hall, I realized I needed a plan and fast, but that can and did change. The Struggle is Real. Travel isn't always a postcard; sometimes it’s a comedy of errors. From locking my gear in a hostel cabinet and accidentally signaling to my new roommates that I didn’t trust them, to nearly drowning in my beer the first time I...

Another incredible novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist. July 14, 1099. The city of Accra awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the gates. There, within the city walls, men and women of every age have gathered to hear the words of a mysterious...