PEACE AS A COSMIC LAW: ALIGNING WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE by Francis Pekpe

 

PEACE AS A COSMIC LAW: ALIGNING WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE

by Francis Pekpe

3 stars

I received Peace as a Cosmic Law for free from LibraryThing.

This book will help you to find inner peace, if you really want it and work for it. Peace just doesn't come to you. It is your job to calm your mind and soul, then help quiet the chaos around you as much as possible.
There are a few exercises explained in this book to help. Meditation, slow steady breathing, and mental awareness of your surroundings are common processes to keep yourself at peace.
With personal peace, you can help bring peace to your surroundings and community. And with a little charity and love, even to the world. This will take you showing love and patience to someone else, who hopefully will then show it to others. Until everyone is "paying it forward" throughout the whole world.
It could have been about 100 pages less and still gave the same information. There was a lot of repetition to the book.
But overall, I found the book informative and many of the processes and exercises useful.

As always, let me know if you read this book what your thoughts are. I would love to hear from you.

STRANGE SHAPE OF LOVE by Herta Feely

STRANGE SHAPE OF LOVE
3 stars

by Herta Feely

I received Strange Shape of Love through LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.

Charlotte Cooper has a really messed up past. But she has gotten her life together and on track, somewhat. 

When the magazine she writes for is bought out by a London online company, she is sent to London to work. She used to live there 7 years ago. She reconnects with Celia, her good friend. Charlotte runs into her ex, Rafe. They reignite their relationship and then her past comes back to haunt her. 

The story is sometimes fast paced and sometimes slow. Sometimes it's exciting, but more often boring. You figure out quickly who is to blame for Charlotte's troubles. It isn't much of a mystery. 

I understand the devastation Charlotte felt when her cousin died. But the horrible choices she made, I can't feel sorry for her. I like a character that I can relate with or commiserate with. I feel sorrier for Rafe. He has 2 women that he cares for and both are screwed up. 

I would recommend this book for the way it puts a spotlight on human trafficking and harassment, along with the #MeToo movement. 

If you read this book, please leave a comment. I would like to know if you liked it. And why or why not.