31 Days of Love & Hate :: Day 18 ~ Books & A Giveaway!

Today I’m going to Speak Love, in A Million Little Ways.

Or

In A Million Little Ways, I’m going to Speak Love.

It works both ways!

Annie & Emily, the women that wrote these books are filled with life, truth & laughter.

They write the way they live & that to me is one of the reasons I read a book.

I’m honored to call them friends and I’m also beyond excited to offer one of you an opportunity to own both of these books.  At the bottom of this post, you’ll find out how.

Speak Love ~ Making Your Words Matter

Annie is living in the trenches of hanging out with college & high school students.  She loves them fiercely & passionately. That same passion and fierceness comes through in this book, encouraging the reader to pay attention to the words that come out of their mouth. Your words matter, so when you speak, use words that speak life.  Do you know a Mean Girl?  Are you the Mean Girl? Or are you a silent spectator of the Mean Girl?  This book is for you.  It’s for students, parents, friends.  {hey! if you are reading this in an email, click over to see the video!}

Join Annie & her community at AnnieBlogs.com & as she writes this month, 31 Ways to Speak Love.

 A Million Little Ways – Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live

I am halfway through this book.  I wanted to finish before today but I had a slight delay of a few days after reading page 45. I actually slammed the book shut & started to cry.  Apparently it dug deep into my heart & I needed a few days to let the question she asked on page 45 to sink in as I began to uncover my art.  She encourages you to think about a time in your life when you felt fully alive.  At first, my mind went blank, I started to cry & then 3 things came to my mind. 1) wedding day; 2) children being born; & 3) shooting range.  So my first thoughts are “Lace, Babies & Guns.” Ha!

I’m not 100% sure what that says about me uncovering the art I was made to live but I’m working on it & I’m enjoying the journey.  Any book that generates an emotional response from me {which is rare} is one I pay attention to and know I want to take my time to let the words sink in deep.

So, what is that thing that makes you come alive?  That’s your art.  Uncover it. Share it.

{email readers, click here to see the video!}

Join Emily & her community at Chatting at the Sky & as she writes 31 Days of Living Art.

Also, if you are a fan of reading & book clubs, A Million Little Ways is the (in)courage Bloom Book Club’s newest read! It starts today with an introduction to Emily & then on Monday, October 21 they’ll start discussing the book, chapter by chapter with videos & blog posts.  Find the full schedule here!   And the great thing about an online book club is that you can go at your own pace.

 

WIN a copy of Speak Love & A Million Little Ways by simply leaving a COMMENT below by answering this question:

What is your favorite book?

{One winner! Open to US residents only! Ends 10/25/13}  GIVEAWAY CLOSED!

{This is a series of posts for 31 Days of Love & Hate. To read the other posts, click here.}