My Book – 288 Chances

All we have is time, right?  I wish that were true, but unfortunately, it isn’t.  Every day is a gift.  Every new 24-hours is another chance all of us are given to do with and fill with whatever we choose.  We can fill it with family and friends, spend time on a favorite hobby or activity, or spend quiet time alone recharging our batteries and reenergizing for everything that our busy daily lives demand.

It’s important to find ways to recharge our emotional and spiritual selves.  Maybe you read or write or pray.  Maybe you exercise or do yoga or get outdoors and enjoy the peaceful quiet and beauty of God’s creation.  Whatever you do with your time, in every 24-hour period, we all have the same 288 chances to do just that.  To take five minutes and just stop, to think, to feel, allow ourselves time to breathe, grab hold of a thought or a word or a feeling, or capture a moment. 

My new book, 288 Chances, just published through WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson, is a collection of writings whose foundations began in a quick five minutes. I related the title, 288 Chances, to how many opportunities in every 24-hour day that we all have to take a five-minute time-out, just stop for a few minutes out of our busy day to be thankful, be grateful, be hopeful, for something . . . . or someone. Can't we all find five minutes?

For some time, I’ve been participating in an online writing exercise called Five Minute Fridays with Lisa-Jo Baker at Lisajobaker.com.  Lisa-Jo graciously extends an invitation to her blog visitors who want to participate, the opportunity to write for five minutes, and five minutes only, on the word prompt of the day.  The invitation is to write on one word for five minutes – see the word, don’t think too hard, just write – and then stop.  Then, if you want to, share with others who were inspired to do the same.
 


In this book, I’ve shared just a few of the writings whose foundations began in five short minutes. Open, honest, thoughtful words written from the heart, words that will hopefully engage the mind and the spirit as they relate to the simple, everyday feelings and emotions that we all experience over a lifetime. Love, Loss, Trust, Expectation. Just a few of the hopes and fears, joys and disappointments that otherwise might go unspoken, unshared, until we take the time to write them down.
 

My hope is that readers will relate to one or more of these writings, that the words may strike a familiar chord, relate to a similar experience or evoke a positive memory from the past. 

Everyday life is full of ordinary moments that should inspire us all to be extraordinary. Sharing those moments with others connects us.
 
My softcover book is available for purchase now at WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson, Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com, and other online retailers. 

The E-book will be available soon for download to your Nook or Kindle.

Please "take five" and take a look.  I hope you'll be glad you did.

Thanks for visiting!

Brenda  :)