I’ve mentioned her several times on my blog. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been so inspired through my connection with her. Or, perhaps because my heart recognizes her heart and knows the connection is lasting. Or, perhaps as well, because I love connecting to people who see the world through eyes of wonder and delight, who are consciously moving through each day with the intention of creating better. Whatever the reason, Kerry Parsons is one of those people who has deep sight — she sees into the heart of what is happening in the world, and what is happening in the spirit of those she comes in contact with.

Today, Kerry shares the openness and depth of her vision in her guest blog.

I am grateful for her presence here, and grateful she is my friend. She makes my world a better place!

Thanks Kerry for being today’s guest blogger. Thank you for always saying YES to Life! Thank you for inspiring me to live and love in the power of YES!

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The Best Books I’ve Never Read

by Kerry Parsons

I love books…books about life and love and God and Grace and meaning and miracles.  Books about evolution and spirituality and Soul and science. Knowing that the world is filled with libraries and bookstores and minds filled with books yet to be written or read….that’s  a wellspring of wonder that makes me want to live forever.

But the best books…the ones that have changed my life, are books that I have never read. The front cover…the name of the book, named a truth that resonated deep within and woke up my mind and heart to something more good, more true and more beautiful.

The message jumped off the front cover and my reality changed…No need to read on.

For example, ‘Success is the Quality of the Journey‘ Of course! I knew it! Winning is fun but then the game is over. I’d rather keep playing.

‘I’m O.K. You’re O.K.’ Whew! Just knowing someone else sees this possibility and wrote a whole book about it is reassuring.  Next…

A turning point in my life arrived with the front cover of…‘No. Is a Complete Sentence.‘ Really? Seriously? You can say that? The very thought of this possibility shifted the teutonic  plates of my people-pleasing world.  I could just say ‘No.’ without rationalizing, justifying, explaining…a time saving tip that opened up a whole new world for me and…for all those who had to listen to my back up/cover stories…They could say ‘No.’ too.

What if we all had the power of ‘No.’ all along?  OMG! Then, what if I had the power of Yes all along?  But, Yes to what?

There it was, hot off the press, the front cover with the answer…’The Only Thing That Matters.’ This was no ordinary front cover. This cover was created by Neale Donald Walsch who has been conversing with God for years so this message comes right from the highest authority.  One front cover…two messages…What matters to me…matters.  And, when I don’t know what matters, have a conversation with God and listen up.

O.K. I’m listening…through the portal of my own heart, I heard…Say Yes to Life!  It is the only thing we have. Make it matter.

So, Yes to Life and the book covers yet to come that show me the way to make the best of the good, the true and the beautiful life…It Matters!