Romancing The Ordinary

    I just finished reading Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Romancing the Ordinary ~ A Year of Simple Splendor. Once more, I feel this book came to me at just the right moment in my life. (published in 2002) It is sitting here, a library rental, but will soon be on my Christmas List. A slightly similar format as Simple Abundance, this book also takes you through the year but passages that read month by month, season by season ~ recipes too!. (Yes I read it all at once but can’t wait to read it slowly throughout next year!) Her gaining perspective helps Sarah to share wisdom galore (and wisdom of others) with her readers. Again, we are now on a journey but to find our essensual selves ~ your original self. She feels this book is sure to help every woman fall in love with Life. Please put her book on your Christmas list this year. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from this book:

** “When you learn to love and to let yourself be loved, you come home to the hearth of your own spirit.” ~ John O’Donohue,  Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

** “The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things.”             ~ Veronique Vienne

** Life’s only sin is a day without desire and a night without thanks. ~SBB

** No day is so bad that it can’t be made better with a nap. ~ Carrie Snow

** The cure for anything is saltwater; sweat, tears or the sea. ~ Isak Dinesen

    This book is so much more than a bunch of powerful quotes! Read & Enjoy!