Book Excerpts Debut

April 11th, 2010 by Regina Brett

 

"Overture, curtain, lights! This is it, the night of nights. No more rehearsing or nursing a part, we know every part by heart..." Somehow with my book launch two days away, that Bugs Bunny Show theme song is running around my brain.

 

This book truly is my part, it is full of my lines in the script of life. For so many years, I prayed,  asking and often begging, for a new script. A new act. A  new part. At least for better lines. Thank God for unanswered prayers. It all belonged just the way it unfolded.

 

The Plain Dealer is running excerpts of  the book all week and today launched Life Lessons on bibs, cups, aprons and clocks.  Karen Long, our book editor, wrote a grace-filled article about the hunger we all have for soul food.

 

I feel a calm in my soul, a completion of sorts. Mother Teresa once said we're not called to be successful; we are called to be faithful. Of course I'd like both, who wouldn't? But the peace inside tells me I have written my part, read my lines, embraced this script and can rest in that alone.

 

 

Comments (2)

Rebecca Mahoney — July 1st, 2010 (17:57)

Isn t it a lovely thing to recognize that it was all a great design... part of the plan? So difficult to see when in the throes of a badly wanted change, a fresh start, just any forward movement. You can also rest in knowing you are touching other lives not only by your message, but also by your journey. Thank you.

Kevin — April 11th, 2010 (13:26)

I am with you in spirit during this exciting time Regina

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