Then hold each item in your hands and ask yourself "does it bring me joy? " If it doesn't
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To sum it up: If your life is a mess and your house is filled with clutter....go through your closets and bookshelves, throw everything on the floor in the middle of the room.  Then hold each item in your hands and ask yourself "does it bring me joy?"  If it doesn't, then off it goes.  It's a good book with more insights than that, but I would wait for someone to lend it to you.  With all the hoarders on the planet you're bound to run across a friend who already put down the $20 to learn such a simple guideline. Don't get me wrong-I loved the book...I just wish she didn't gouge people on the price.
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Is gardening or landscaping an overwhelming mystery to you?  Do you appreciate others home-grown accomplishments and yearn to get your hands dirty, but are afraid to pick up a spade?  Fear no more.  What a JOY that Joy has taken much of the guesswork out of gardening for novice (or not so novice) gardeners, who don't know what they don't know.
A useful gift for yourself or any gardener on your list, this organized diary keeps everything at your fingertips in one convenient, portable spot.
Years of experience working for a nursery and serving her neighbors through a faith-based community garden have taught Joy what works and what doesnt.  This compilation is a result of Joys own growing pains shared hereso you don't have to.  So Let Go (of your fears) and Lets Grow!
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Luv it Liv! Joyous, momentous -  just Buy It ! It feels, sounds like Christmas... It is Christmas packaged up on one little CD
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Every once in a while, touching a Stanley product brings joy to my heart... this product brings me lots of JOY
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This is a book that is uplifting and teaching and has thoughts to make me laugh, cry, and ponder what it is like to be living today.  I start to think that I still can contribute to making this world a better place for me, my family, and the world in general.  Kimberly leads me through many transitions in my thinking as I pick up this anthology and look at the world as she views it, always in a new and joyful perspective.
It is not a read once book because I can read the same entry in a month and receive a new emotion/thought to ponder.  This is a bedside book for one and all and a fantastic gift for loved ones who will still open their wings to what we can accomplish and feel inside.
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Grab yourself something to drink, sit back and prepare to be intertained.  He makes you feel good about life, love, family and friends.  What more does anyone want?
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You will laugh and you will cry...and you will examine all of your relationships. Most importantly your relationship with God.
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This is a book which has the power to change your life - if you'll let it.  Read it!  Read it once for the pure enjoyment of it: the stories, the images, the laughter, the tears.  It is delightful and moving and shove-you-out-of-your-comfort-zone good.  But then, read it again.  Savor it, study it, rest in it.  Let the words soak in and do their work in you.  Steve's benediction at the end of the book says it all:  "May you come to know and name the seeds of life that God has embedded deep within you... May you watch with joy as your new beginnings create other new beginnings. And may you know that you are very good."  Thank you, Steve Wiens, for this beautiful book and for teaching us that we are verbs - endlessly becoming.
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WATCH IT. THEN YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A GREAT JOY. IT COULD BE THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE.
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I enjoy ordering items that can and will be a blessing to others.  I am for sure that every person will enjoy a small gift of appreication.
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When they say this book can change your life, they aren't kidding. If you have the insight, the revelations of freedom will open right up to you. Why clutter your life with a bunch of stuff? The art of purging and enjoying is overlooked and underestimated. I feel so many things falling into place with the new vision this how-to humbly encourages. Fun, useful and positive in its definition. Fun, useful and positive in it's encouragement of a REDEFINITION of you. Good ol', valuable You. :)
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I read this as a beach read on vacation.  While I do have more stuff than I need, the process of looking at items and asking if it brings me "joy" doesn't work for me.  Its an object, so no, it doesn't really bring me joy...only people or experiences really do that for me.  So, I'm back to the idea of does it serve a purpose for me.  I do like the idea of hauling all the stuff to one space as you sort it...I'm resisting the clothes because I know its scattered between my bedroom, guest closet, laundry room and maybe even the entry closet.
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It is a remarkable thing to truly realize and embrace the positive along with the negative. Ragini Elizabeth Michaels is a masterful guide with her poetic writings in this book.

I find such joy in the overlapping of ideas and concepts that reinforce this necessary balance.  That being said, the energy which pervades the writings within The Wildly Quiet Presence of God run parallel and in line with my daily reflections spent on my ever growing personal  faith; learning to trust and embrace all that is experienced through God in this lifetime, to truly ready for the next chapter.

Each time I open this book to a musing I am stopped in my tracks with the clarity that Ragini Michaels uses with her precision of words, each group reaching straight into my heart.  Truly lovely.  This book is a gift to be treasured!
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This is a wonderful item to purchase for yourself or as a gift. This book walks you through the grief process and lifts your spirits.
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Grab a cup of tea and find a cozy chair.  You will love this book.  These are, as you can guess, simple stories, but their purity and love will tug at your heart.  Simplicity will bring you moments of peace in a hectic world.  It offers a subtle suggestion that maybe you, too, could get off the fast moving train and find simple moments of joy.  At least, that's what happened to me when I read this precious book.
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From the beginning, Sheila offers hope and encouragement to those unable to cope with their clutter.  Sweeping guilt aside, the author wheedles her way into your home, and eventually, into your heart.  Take it step-by-step with Sheila, and you will be amazed what you can do for yourself.
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This book inspired me to look at my possessions differently immediately. Does this spark joy? Yes, thank you, let me carefully fold you and store you gently in my drawer. No? Thank you for providing me with joy when I bought you, off you go to fulfill your purpose with someone else. I was finally able to discard clothes I'd kept for years because they were in good shape but just weren't right for me that I had only been holding on to out of guilt. As a result, I enjoy what I have much more now than before I read this book.

I wrote about my discard process, with photos, here:
https://therockinrunner.wordpress.com/2015/12/25/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up/