Stopping To Smell The Flowers

Our ultimate happiness depends on the balance of four key elements in our lives: Spirituality, Family and Relationships, Hobbies and Interests, and Health. Let this compilation of essay-style memoirs be your guide as you tread along your life path with fulfillment. The four key elements in our lives seem to be synonymous with the four seasons. Spirituality represents the spring, where the fresh energy of the spirit makes all things new with endless possibilities. Hobbies and Interests represents the summer, where the warmth of the sun and the fresh summer breeze stirs us to do the things we most love. Family and Relationships is the fall, where the whipping wind and the leaves blowing down the road remind us of where we come from, where we have been, and the power of love. Health is like winter, just as quiet as our immune system silently neutralizing invaders, or our heart beating day in and day out, without any conscious thought. What speaks to you? Where do your talents lie? What are you here to do? Are you on the right path? Only you know the answers. The extraordinary beauty found in these stories of everyday life can remind you of your purpose and bring you closer to happiness.

Stopping to Smell the Flowers is a series of books which are sure to empower readers to find their true calling. A collection of personal reflections designed to help readers be present in the moment, when we stop and smell the flowers in our own life, we start to see our purpose. Prepare to journey through life and the soul on subjects such as relationships, spirituality, synchronicity, kindness and love. By stepping away from the chaos of schedules and responsibilities just long enough to take in your surroundings, you will discover a new energy and optimism for life. This is not a “self-help” manual with easy-to-follow instructions. It is a companion to walk with you on your journey. This inspiring “work of art” will touch the hearts of a wide range of readers. Essentially, we are all the same. We arrive to this life not knowing where we came from or when the journey will end. Faced with life’s challenges and joys, somewhere in the middle of all these moments, is grace. While stopping to smell the flowers, there is a knowing, a sense of peace and understanding. May this book help you find it.

Feeling stressed out? Stop and smell the roses and 100 other tips in a new motivational book to help you get inspired to make positive changes in your lives to make you happy, healthy and successful. In a frenetic world we live in, we find ourselves overwhelmed, overworked and stressed out. Isn't it time to change our bad habits? Most of our health problems are due to our unhealthy lifestyle. Studies show that stressful living causes health problems.Inspire yourself into a healthy lifestyle! Stop and Smell the Roses!

Our ultimate happiness depends on the balance of four key elements in our lives: Spirituality, Family and Relationships, Hobbies and Interests, and Health. Let this compilation of essay-style memoirs be your guide as you tread along your life path with fulfillment. The four key elements in our lives seem to be synonymous with the four seasons. Spirituality represents the spring, where the fresh energy of the spirit makes all things new with endless possibilities. Hobbies and Interests represents the summer, where the warmth of the sun and the fresh summer breeze stirs us to do the things we most love. Family and Relationships is the fall, where the whipping wind and the leaves blowing down the road remind us of where we come from, where we have been, and the power of love. Health is like winter, just as quiet as our immune system silently neutralizing invaders, or our heart beating day in and day out, without any conscious thought. What speaks to you? Where do your talents lie? What are you here to do? Are you on the right path? Only you know the answers. The extraordinary beauty found in these stories of everyday life can remind you of your purpose and bring you closer to happiness.

Use this handy beekeeper record book to track the health of your beehives. Our stunningly designed interior (See back cover for a preview!) has a checklist where you can record such things as the appearance of your beehive, weather conditions, pest issues, etc. There is also a notes section on every other page. Unlike other Journals, this spreads each of your daily logs over 2 pages, giving plenty of space for your observations. You can see a preview of the interior by clicking 'Look Inside' On The Amazon Site, or by opening the second back cover image in the Mobile App. The book's checklist asks questions like: Weather conditions How is the population? Low, normal or thriving? What is the brood pattern like? Is the Queen bee present? Is there one egg or larva per cell? This book has 98 pages and is 8.5 by 11 inches -- plenty of room to document your beehive's activity!

This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises). What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.

Always take the time to smell the flowers, especially when you are with someone special. Profits from this book are being donated to Pink Ribbon Girls, Cincinnati, Ohio. PRG is a wonderful group of ladies who help Moms with household chores, babysitting, transportation, meals, and support while going through breast cancer.

First there was "slow food." Now there's "slow flowers," local and fresh: no chemical-laden, lifeless blooms flown in from afar. Acclaimed garden writer Debra Prinzing wants to show us the rich, floral bounty closer to home. In Slow Flowers, she takes us through the seasons to create 52 vibrant, sensual bouquets using only locally sourced materials - even in winter.--