Reading ‘You were not born to suffer’ by Blake D. Bauer and Reflecting on Self-love and Suffering

This article is a spiritual book review. I wish I could say I loved this book. Instead as I was cascading down its easy-to-read content, I was thinking most of the time that ‘this is a pretty superficial text’. I must admit the best thing about the book were the list of affirmations that would … More Reading ‘You were not born to suffer’ by Blake D. Bauer and Reflecting on Self-love and Suffering

Reading ‘The Final Gift of the Beloved’ by Barron Steffen & Reflecting on the Loss of Love

It’s easy to say I couldn’t put this book down. It’s harder however to deal with its topic: the sudden loss of a loved one. This is why it took me some time to write about my experience of reading it. The book begins with the dramatic account of how the author, Barron Steffen, found … More Reading ‘The Final Gift of the Beloved’ by Barron Steffen & Reflecting on the Loss of Love