Turn Toward the Sun: Releasing What If and Embracing What IsIf recent world events have taught us anything, it's that life doesn't always look the way we want it to look. And while we can't control the curveballs life throws at us, we can control our response to them. We can choose to loosen our grip on what we think life is "supposed" to be and embrace life for exactly what it is--messiness and mayhem and all. We can choose to stubbornly turn toward the sun, even as the storm rages around us. That surrender is where true happiness and peace lie. With insights born from her own hard-won battles, Mandy Hale turns her attention (and her sizable wit) to showing you what she's learned about letting go of the desire to control everything in life. With the honesty and authenticity she's known for, Mandy inspires you to stop striving, live in the moment, sit with your experiences, and trust God with the unknown. Like sunflowers that turn toward the sun that helps them grow tall and strong, we can turn to friends, family, and faith for strength in difficult times. If you've felt depleted or despairing as you've wrestled with circumstances beyond your control, you will find in Mandy a kind and trustworthy guide through the storm. |
Contents
Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning? 37 | |
Have We Met Before? 48 | |
An Endless Night and Then the Sun 55 | |
How I Lost Love and Found Myself 65 | |
Planting My Own Garden and Decorating My | |
What If Hes the One? Avoiding Relationship | |
To the Man I Thought Was the One 111 | |
No One Is Forever 21 125 | |
Navigating Adult Friendships 139 | |
Why Sometimes | |
The What If behind the Curtain 160 | |
What If Im Not Enough? | |
Epilogue 183 | |
Notes 189 | |
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