Note to self...Has my heart changed?

I read this book about 4 or 5 years ago. I bought it when it first came out. I absolutely LOVE this book! It should be a handbook for every single woman on the earth! It needs to be read and reread and reread every year!



A friend of mine gave me the picture below as it expressed what she felt when she participated in reading this book. I absolutely love the picture and quote she included below the picture. I pasted it inside the cover of my book as a reminder of her and of this book and what changes it helps me adjust.


I don't make New Years Resolutions, rather I choose on a few areas that I can work toward self improvement throughout the year. I knew from the get go in January I needed to 'reread' this book again to help me work toward 2 self improvement goals I set up for myself for this year 2011. I just finished this book. It's a simple read, only 106 pages. If anyone chooses to read this book may offer a plea to 'don't race through it!' Read, ponder, digest, enjoy every single page. When you finish the book wait a few days or even a week and pick it right back up and reread it and enjoy it again, and again, and again. I read this book about 8 times a few years back. We even had a class on it in RS that I lead. It's one of my favorite books! I love it! The steps you follow are so easy and simple and you don't have to make projects!

What's it all about? It's about 'opening your heart a crack wider to feel God's love.'

The author is Virginia Hinckley Pearce, Pres. Hinckley's daughter. She is so open and honest and opens her heart to us. Do we take a chance and allow people into our hearts or do we slam the door shut, let our heart shrink to the back wall of our chest and forbid entrance, or, do we open our heart to feel God's love and in turn have others feel God's love through our love?

I also have another quote I pasted in my book (it's not part of this book, I just loved it so much I pasted it in there as it seemed to flow with the theme of the book).
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This poem was written by Audrey Hepburn when asked to share her 'beauty tips' and it was read at her funeral years later. (She was such a gracious and lovely person.)

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone...
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Remember, if you even need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have
'two hands'; one for helping yourself,
and the other for helping others.

If you share this with another woman, something good will happen...
You will boost another woman's self esteem, and she will know
that you care about her.
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There is divinity and goodness in every person we just need to open our hearts and look for it in ourselves and in everyone. Each of us is a child of God and He loves us. He doesn't give up on us or throw us out!

From Ezekiel 36:26
'A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you an heart of flesh.'