Download or read book Hope Dealer A Way Out written by Angela Sailor and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real, raw, deep, inspiring, true story about a girl who struggled with addiction and criminal lifestyle. Living life on the edge and hurting loved ones along the way. Being a single mom wasn't easy but leaving her three kids behind as she entered federal prison was devastating. Just when she thought her life was over, something changed in her. Completing a long-term treatment program in prison (RDAP), sharing personal information (coping skills) to help others, finding redemption through God's grace, and fighting against the odds to make a difference in other's lives. "It's never too late to change the path you are on!"
Download or read book The HOPE DEALER written by Douglas Anthony Goodman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian religion is the religion of hope. There are many references in the New Testament concerning this hope. Hope is defined as “desire with expectation of obtaining what is desired.” Desire alone is not hope. We may desire the gift of a million dollars, but we certainly cannot expect it. Expectation alone is not hope. We may expect trials and tribulations (John 16:33), but we do not desire them. But where there is desire and expectation there is hope; and the Christian hope burning brightly within us is necessary for successful Christian living (Hebrews 6:18-19). Heaven, with all of its bliss and grandeur, is the hope of the Christian. We ought to desire it and expect it. I hope this message of Hope finds a lodging place in your life.
Download or read book The Hope Dealer written by Caitlin Cady and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a hit of soulful inspiration every day from meditation teacher and author Caitlin Cady. The Hope Dealer is a treasure trove of soulful straight-talk designed to light you up from the inside out. Delivered with author Caitlin Cady's signature wit, warmth, and wisdom, each of the 101 messages will up the ante on your day by helping you tune in to your highest self and plug in to your full potential. Use this book for a daily dose of guidance and inspiration. Choose a page by chance or close your eyes, reflect on a question or situation you'd like to shed a little light on and let your fingertips lead you to today's message. Set fire to limiting beliefs, reframe resistance, say sayonara to self-doubt and peace-out perfectionism while building self-trust, integrity, resilience, courage, compassion, and confidence."
Download or read book Hope Dealer written by Billy Soden and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you seeing what I'm seeing? I'm as optimistic as they come, but I'm looking out my window into the world and I am stunned and saddened by the infinite amount of hopelessness I see in the lives of so many. Are you frustrated by the hate, hurt, and divide? If so, I'm with you, and it's easy to get discouraged.Four years ago, I started wondering what my new purpose was. It's not like I had never visited that question before, but this was different. It was...well, think mid-life crisis on steroids. I had all of the reasons I ever needed to feel that I had a purpose in life; Two, to be exact; my sons, Nick and Jack. They will always be my primary purpose. But as they have now become the wonderfully brilliant, wise, and talented young men I knew they always would, I took a step back to look at the big picture and got whacked over the head with a mighty two-by-four. The only hypothetically symbolic thing about that sudden wake-up call was the lumber. So many other things that commanded my attention put me face-to-face with the realities of our time. For me, reality has always been like fly-over country; a fascinating place to see on occasion, but I wouldn't want to live there. It was like a flashback to when my little 6-year-old, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, little carefree-self got so wrapped up in using finger-paints to decorate the walls (and furniture, and windows, and dog) and my mom walked in and yelled, "Look at this mess you've made!" I stood there in shocked silence thinking, "I can't believe you didn't say anything nice about my artistic creations?!"But I wasn't six anymore. As much as I had tried to avoid it, I was an adult and my inner-voice, concussed as it was from said metaphorical two-by-four, yelled the same words that my mom did when I was six, "Look at this mess you've made!" Yep. It took a short while to sink in, but as my attention had been on raising those little buggers, I had turned my back to most everything else, and in doing so contributed to making a mess of a world I didn't want my kids, or any kids for that matter, to inherit.I wasn't in charge! It wasn't my fault the world was falling apart! Besides, I was doing just fine in my own quirky, out-of-the-box, and denial-drenched ways. My initial thought was probably the same as when my mom walked in and discovered me discovering my inner Michelangelo - only this time I knew more words: "Somebody better clean that s*#t up!" But there was just enough adult in me to recognize that I should probably help clean up that mess, too.Off I went on my well-intentioned journey of good will, hoping to find a renewed purpose in helping to "fix things." My exploration took me many places, including back in time from the lessons I had learned from the greatest teachers, coaches, and scoutmasters on earth, through the dark paths of dysfunction and addiction, into the minds and actions of my "bucket 'o heroes," and through the entangled webs of religion and politics. And then, Eureka! I found it in the most obvious of all places - the same place I always find my "other" sock!There it was, HOPE, sitting right in front of me. In fact, it was me. If you've ever heard the "Starfish Story" or believe in the concepts of "pay-it-forward" and "be kind to others," you are already totally on board with this movement. It's you and I collectively that will change the world, one supportive act, smile, and positive action at a time.That's it, folks. That's what I have to offer. The rest of this book is filled with nudges, winks, and prods that might help you. You'll get some juicy details of my life and a few others as well. Stories connect us because of what we have in common, rather than what we don't. They usually fall under one of what I call "Hope Dealer Principles." What matters most is that we each do our best to be a Hope Dealer, because if you need one, chances are, you'll be one. And that's a purpose worth living for.Peace,~ Billy SodenHope Dealer
Download or read book The Dealer of Hope written by Chris Philbrook and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrian forgave himself. The undead have been banished and he's accepted the love of friends, family, and some strangers. He's started a better life. Bastion grows day after day as pilgrims come to put down roots near the vaunted Trinity. Crops are growing, babies are being born, supplies are being salvaged, restful dreams are being had, and there's even talk that the government is surfacing to reform. All his problems should be getting better now, right? But some battles begin after the last shot is fired. They call themselves The Northern Valley Cooperative. Adrian's known about them for years. Always on his fringe, never in his face, they built a fortress out of a ski resort, and brought everyone near them to heel. And now, with winter bearing down on Adrian's world, the NVC is marching south. Are they friends, or are they foes? Either way, Adrian's got a loaded gun on his hip, and he's surrounded by people he'd die for. He just might. The Dealer of Hope contains Adrian's Journal entries from September 21st, 2013 through November 30th, 2013. It also contains the side fictions Desperation, Junkyard Dogs, Strange Bedfellows, No One's Home, A City Laid Asunder, and One Last Hurrah.
Download or read book The Journey of York written by Hasan Davis and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the American Indian nations they encountered. But as York's independence and status rose on the journey, the question remained what status he would carry once the expedition was over. This is his story."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Hope Dealers written by Nadine Blase Psareas and published by Hopedealers Worldwide, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of true life stories about how hope was found in a variety of life struggles, (addiction, health, entrepreneurship, relationships, spirituality, grief and loss) through a unique calling, breakthroughs and surrounded by a community of believers.
Download or read book Hope Dealer A Raw Real life Journey from Addiction to a Better Life in Recovery written by David Stoecker and published by Freiling Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this raw true-life story, author and notable recovery speaker, David Stoecker shares his radical transformation from a violent, drug, sex, and alcohol-addicted former dope dealer to an inspiring hope dealer.
Download or read book Hope written by Amanda Berry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times Bestseller A bestselling book that is inspiring the nation: “We have written here about terrible things that we never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to know: we survived, we are free, we love life.” Two women kidnapped by infamous Cleveland school-bus driver Ariel Castro share the stories of their abductions, captivity, and dramatic escape On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland home and called 911, saying: “Help me, I’m Amanda Berry. . . . I’ve been kidnapped, and I’ve been missing for ten years.” A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained. In the decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused, and threatened with death. Berry had a daughter—Jocelyn—by their captor. Drawing upon their recollections and the diary kept by Amanda Berry, Berry and Gina DeJesus describe a tale of unimaginable torment, and Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan interweave the events within Castro’s house with original reporting on efforts to find the missing girls. The full story behind the headlines—including details never previously released on Castro’s life and motivations—Hope is a harrowing yet inspiring chronicle of two women whose courage, ingenuity, and resourcefulness ultimately delivered them back to their lives and families.
Download or read book From Dope to Hope written by Tim Ryan (Businessman) and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the addict's journey: how it happens, how it progresses, and how it ends. Fortunately, this is also the journey of recovery: how it happens, and how it blossoms. There is always hope." --"Dr. Drew" Pinsky, M.D.Heroin addiction didn't make Tim a better person. It stole more than half of his life. But he's dedicated every waking minute since walking out of prison to dealing hope to addicts and their families. By his own account, Tim Ryan shouldn't be here. But as he states, "Where there is life, there is hope." Known as The Hope Dealer, Tim is a successful entrepreneur, grateful recovering heroin addict and alcoholic, nationally ranked barefoot water skier--and truth-talking, convicted felon.*As a business leader in a high-tech industry, Tim made and lost millions. *As a father and husband, Tim introduced his own son to deadly drugs. *As a heroin addict, Tim is a walking miracle. He's overdosed eight times, was pronounced clinically dead three, and suffered two minor heart attacks. He's been arrested more than ten times and served prison time alongside known gang leaders--many of whom became his closest confidants in recovery.*As the founder of A Man in Recovery Foundation and motivational speaker, Tim's mission is to help one addict at a time transform their lives from dope to hope.Tim has been a featured thought leader in numerous national media, including USA Today, Newsweek, and "The Steve Harvey Show with Dr. Drew," and dozens of nationally syndicated radio shows. He was an invited guest by the U.S. President to the 2016 State of the Union Address. This story chronicles Tim's grueling journey into addiction, loss, and recovery. Sit with Tim in his prison cell. Walk with him as loved ones are torn from his reach. Rejoice with him as lives are miraculously recovered.
Download or read book Heartbeats of Hope written by Daniel Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book starts with three chapters of my recovery from schizophrenia, then gives tips for recovery with an emphasis on hope, a new paradigm for recovery through empowerment;the importance of finding our Voice as an expression of our deepest self; a summary of a new that anyone can help another person through emotional distress called emotional CPR; presents a new way to assist persons clinically called Dialogical Recovery which is a combination of the principles of recovery and Open Dialogue approach from Finland.
Download or read book Out of a Far Country written by Christopher Yuan and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 100,000 copies sold! Coming Out, Then Coming Home Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys. As he grew into adulthood, his mother, Angela, hoped to control the situation. Instead, she found that her son and her life were spiraling out of control—and her own personal demons were determined to defeat her. Years of heartbreak, confusion, and prayer followed before the Yuans found a place of complete surrender, which is God’s desire for all families. Their amazing story, told from the perspectives of both mother and son, offers hope for anyone affected by homosexuality. God calls all who are lost to come home to him. Casting a compelling vision for holy sexuality, Out of a Far Country speaks to prodigals, parents of prodigals, and those wanting to minister to the gay community. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.” - Luke 15:20 Includes a discussion guide for personal reflection and group use.
Download or read book Hope A Tragedy written by Shalom Auslander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book 2012 The rural town of Stockton, New York, is famous for nothing: no one was born there, no one died there, nothing of any historical import at all has ever happened there, which is why Solomon Kugel, like other urbanites fleeing their pasts and histories, decided to move his wife and young son there. To begin again. To start anew. But it isn’t quite working out that way for Kugel… His ailing mother stubbornly holds on to life, and won’t stop reminiscing about the Nazi concentration camps she never actually suffered through. To complicate matters further, some lunatic is burning down farmhouses just like the one Kugel bought, and when, one night, he discovers history—a living, breathing, thought-to-be-dead specimen of history—hiding upstairs in his attic, bad quickly becomes worse. Hope: A Tragedy is a hilarious and haunting examination of the burdens and abuse of history, propelled with unstoppable rhythm and filled with existential musings and mordant wit. It is a comic and compelling story of the hopeless longing to be free of those pasts that haunt our every present.
Download or read book Doctor Dealer written by Mark Bowden and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: The “shocking” story of the country’s unlikeliest drug kingpin (The Baltimore Sun). By the early 1980s, Larry Lavin had everything going for him. He was a bright, charismatic young man who rose from working-class roots to become a dentist with an Ivy League education and a thriving practice, and a beloved father with a well-respected family in one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive suburbs. But behind the façade of his success was a dark secret: Lavin was also the mastermind behind a cocaine empire that spread from Miami to Boston to New Mexico, catering to lawyers, stockbrokers, and other professionals, and generating an annual income of $60 million for the good doctor. Now, Mark Bowden, a “master of narrative journalism” (The New York Times Book Review) tells the harrowing saga of Lavin’s rise and fall in “a shocking American tragedy . . . [that] shoots straight from the hip” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). “An engrossing crime story and a compelling morality tale.” —The Arizona Republic “Has all the elements of a chilling suspense thriller . . . A smoothly crafted, exciting, can’t-put-it-down book.” —The New Voice (Louisville)
Download or read book A Way of Life Like Any Other written by Darcy O'Brien and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This PEN/Hemingway Award winner about coming of age in Los Angeles is a “little gem of a novel . . . a masterwork of Hollywood fiction” (Salon). He’s a child of 1940s Hollywood—specifically, Casa Fiesta, a ranch in the Malibu hills that he shares with his mother, a onetime Broadway headliner, and his father, a star of Westerns. But when his parents fall out of favor in Tinseltown, the narrator of this exquisitely crafted dark comedy loses his youthful idyll and accompanies his lovesick mother on a vodka-soaked international quest for romance and redemption. Meanwhile, his father lives in “diminished circumstances” in California, clinging to his silver-screen mementos, trusting that, someday soon, his ex-wife and his career will return. Tired of tending bar at his mother’s parties and listening to his father’s sad tales of former glory, the boy moves in with his best friend’s family in Beverly Hills. But nothing in La-La Land is quite what it seems, and when his new home turns out to be just as dysfunctional as the last, our teenage hero must somehow learn to accept his parents while finding the courage to break free and become his own man. This award-winning novel, “a kind of Catcher in the Rye for the Cheap Trick generation” (GQ), was cited by the Guardian as one of the “ten best neglected literary masterpieces.” Written by a New York Times–bestselling author who was a child of Hollywood movie stars himself, it has been praised for its “spectacularly deadpan humor” by the Atlantic Monthly and called “an insightful coming-of-age tale” by the Austin Chronicle.
Download or read book Freedom Clause written by Colby Sutter and published by Crosslink Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when you go "All In" for God and you are still filled with feelings of anger, depression, Un-forgiveness, hopelessness? What do you do when you tried everything and those feelings still won't go away?
Download or read book The Hope Dealer Study Journal written by Myron Pierce and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hope Dealer Study Journal is a daily disciple making tool that you can use in your daily time with Jesus, and in discipling others.
