Take A Shot At Destiny

On a steamy jungle island in the middle of the South China Sea, a new television show is about to come to its shocking conclusion. A small television stage lit by tiki torches illuminates a show host, a jury of seven contestants sitting on tree stumps, and the final two runners-up for a million dollars. It was season one of CBS’s competition show, Survivor, a show that will become one of the longest-running unscripted series—and one of the most beloved. Maria Baltazzi was one of the original supervising producers. Survivor strips its contestants of everything but their wits while they battle it out to see who will be the winner of a life-changing prize. In watching this, Maria realized that the contestants learned things about themselves that they might never have known before. During the production of this show, Maria realized that she could not be her true self until she stripped back the negativity that was clouding her life and made more self-affirming actions that would lead her to what she truly wanted. This book is Maria's insights about being happy learned from her time in the entertainment industry, observing people and events, traveling, and studying wellbeing. Within these pages is a practical guide for a creative path to happiness through taking photographs with your camera phone, journaling about things that matter, and being part of a supportive community. You can create a healthier state of being and have fun doing it. Even when your world turns upside down, you can still be the writer, director, and producer of the life you want.

Can we reshape our destiny, or are we bound by a predetermined route? What if destiny isn’t merely the culmination of external events, but rather a product of our responses to those events? Our reactions to pivotal moments are governed by hidden, recurring patterns buried deep within our subconscious. These patterns operate in stealth mode, evading conscious detection. Confused by life’s outcomes, we attribute them to a predestined fate seemingly beyond our control. Rewrite Your Destiny is an exploration of the depths of the subconscious mind, unveiling its profound influence on our personal narratives, professional trajectories, and the unseen forces sculpting our destiny. Empowered by this newfound understanding of the subconscious’s intricate workings, we reclaim sovereignty over our lives, forging our futures with clarity and resolve toward our chosen paths. Within the pages of Rewrite Your Destiny, we learn how to unlock our subconscious minds, revealing a treasure chest of innate abilities that stand ready to empower us in shaping our lives and fulfilling our aspirations. These include the power to alter our personalities, restructure neural pathways in our brains, cultivate extraordinary talents, transform our relationships, and even change our past. From uncovering self-sabotaging behaviors to tapping into the boundless potential of the human psyche, Rewrite Your Destiny will revolutionize your thinking, actions, and introspections, empowering you to regain control over the subconscious forces shaping your life.

Every lesson, experience and obstacle that is part of life requires a person to make a critical decision that will shape his or her destiny. It is through those experiences that come from the lessons that life teaches and the obstacles that one must go through that defines truly where one's heart and purpose lies in this world. I wrote this book because I know how important decision making is in everyone's lives. There are people who like to make decisions such as finding the right career, the right person to marry, the right places to live and raise their children, even decisions that affect their overall dreams and goals. Each person was born with a purpose in this world. No one can exist in this life without one. God doesn't make any mistakes in who or what He creates. Therefore, because you are not a mistake and God created you with a purpose, you have every reason to tap into your abilities and capabilities to impact the world. If you are hungry to discover your true potential, passion and purpose in life, you will be an entirely different person after reading this book. You will have the mindset to accomplish every impossible dream and goal that many people thought you could never possibly attain.

Examines the disease that is becoming America's fastest-growing epidemic, revealing the author's own bout with Type 1 diabetes, the science behind the disease, and the social and economic impact of diabetes in the United States.

Life is good. And Michael Howard believes he has been uniquely chosen by fate for there is a singular brightness about the world he uniquely enjoys. All he has to do is continue choosing correctly. Part anti-war novel, part love story, part coming of age adventure, this novel is yet another exploration of the "American dream."

Mike Catalano grew up in Santa Cruz, California. He learned tracking and an appreciation of nature as part of the California Ecology Corps in the early 1970s. He earned a ministerial degree from Berean College (now Global University) in 1986. From 1995- 1998, he was editor of Melting Trees Review, a poetry journal, in Montgomery, Alabama. He has had over 400 poems published world-wide, including France, Guam, South Africa, Canada, and Great Britain. He is the father of a son, Abe; two daughters, Suzanne and Tammy, and a grandson, Julius. He lives in Aromas, California.

Barbara Walters looked for greener pastures in Australia, leaving her homeland Germany behind. Young and naive, she meets sleek Bernhard Gahlen. Their short relationship brings heartbreak and dire consequences. Alone, with nowhere to run, she marries Richard Ashton for all the wrong reasons. He has secrets of his own. The marriage ends in disaster. A chance meeting brings Bruce Evans into her life. He convinces her, that his love could change her life. Would it? She had left Germany in search of love and a deeper meaning of life, but only found bitter desolation and more loneliness. Would she ever find love and a sense of belonging? Adran Jones finally makes her dreams come true. Their love for each other is rare and intense. Can she hold on to her only ever true love?