A fresh look at life

Do you currently find your life truly fulfilling?  Most days I don't.  I am convinced God didn't intend for us to look as busy as the ants building their mound but that is sort of the way most days feel and yet I don't know how to break the cycle.   It seems never ending and futile.  Don't get me wrong, my life is a good one and I am blessed but taking time to slow down and simply enjoy what God has blesses me with....rarely.
 
Roger Thompson recently published We Stood Upon Stars to help with just such cycles.  Whether you long for a better relationship with your family or God or you simply don't care for the hectic way life seems to be going, Thompson has some suggested sights that you may find yourself wandering toward to take the opportunity to slow down a bit, self-reflect, and re-connect.  The downfall to them all, they aren't a hop, skip and a jump from where I live at all.  Unless flying, they would all have to be two week jaunts for our family since his favorite travel spots are out West where I will assume by this essays that nature is easy to escape to.  However the principles are the same even if you have to select locations much closer to home.

Thompson's writing is definitely not preachy but leaves the reader with no doubt that he believes in God and turns to Him regularly.  I enjoyed Thompson's witty humor and his ability to "show" me places that I may never get to go although a trip out West is definitely on my husband's and my retirement list.

We Stood Upon Stars would make a nice gift book either for those who already love nature or someone you sense might need to take a step back and figure out what is most important in life.  Personally, I have made a vow over and over to let go of  "stuff" and activities that simply add clutter to my life and take away from what is truly important.  It would seem that Thompson has done a much better job at that than I but he has inspired me to want to continue to seek to "simplify" and find ways to remind myself what is valuable and will last long after I am gone. 

I did receive this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review and am in no way obligated to write a positive one.