I didn't had the chance to start reading the chapters while you were uploading them, and they have already expired, but in this one I'll give you a summary of what I thought and my recommendations for the past 6 (from my point of view, not a writer one or a critique, just normal reader), and the the other ones I will keep writing in each one. Hope they work for you.
Chapter one:
very minute wasted on hate and negativity is a portion of our lives lost.
I like it so far, this specific initiative I took it some time ago and it has really helped me a lot, the less time we spend seeing negative news, the more time we give to the positive ones. Good exercise! But I believe we don´t need 2 week to détox, 1 week is just enough
Chapter two:
Very much in agreement with the meditation part, it would be a good idea to also disprove the taboo that most people have with meditation ¨It's for quiet people, ¨it's only for the organized¨, ¨I don't have time for that¨... if people knew that the most disorganized and unstable are the ones who need to meditate the most, to help us control these emotions. I think this can make people more motivated to meditate. And some people don't even know that meditating only takes 5 minutes a day.
Chapter three:
I feel that in families where more traumas are created, because we have a false meaning of what a family is, we believe that they are perfect, that they give everything for us, that we can always count on them, that they will not hurt us, but unfortunately all families are full of human beings, and we all make mistakes... we just have to learn to love them as they are and to analyze the situations and behaviors... in this way we do not repeat the things that we understand are not correct.
I leave you a sentence, which I think can work for the book: ¨Respect is earned, not imposed¨ not sure if someone told it before me hahahah, but I use it a lot!
“...many a true word hath been spoke in jest.”
I always joke about the truth!!
Through the years I’ve learned to be very wary of people who are overly charismatic, shower you with shallow or insincere compliments, and consistently make lofty promises. In my experience this is usually the first red flag of people with manipulative, sociopathic, and/or narcissistic tendencies.
I don't totally agree with this... besides this kind of people, it also happens that those you see happier, or more smiling, are the ones who have suffered more and have more problems... don't necessarily want to use you.
Personally, I always try to say my opinion no matter what I am going to say to people, I always believe that the secret is in how we say things... it is not the same to tell a person that he is stupid or that he did something wrong, than to tell him how what he did can make him better, or how on another occasion he can obtain different results... well, of course, when the other person wants to hear your opinion.
Chapter four:
In this chapter I feel that you should abound a little more, since I feel that this is the basis of our happiness and it is extremely important... I am telling you this because I personally, at one stage of my life, fooled myself into saying that I have a lot of self-esteem, that I love myself, and that people have to accept me as I am. . when in reality I realized that I was saying it out loud, and I was acting to eventually believe it myself... and when anyone came and told me otherwise I defended myself, but inside I was very affected and depressed...
I feel that we must all work to love each other as we are, and work to eliminate the prototypes of beauty that are in our society. Each one of us is truly beautiful in the way we were born and we must not let our minds play with us.
Chapter five and six
These ones are just perfect.
Now i can think of a recommendation for the book in general. At the beginning you can make a page of instructions for the reader... who intends to read 1 chapter per day, at the beginning or end of the day, this way it gives them a moment of reflection to start/end the day, followed by a brief meditation time. I believe that it would be awersome.
Chapter seven
Write down, in detail, what you want your life to be like in the next decade of your life. Use the Notes section at the end of this chapter to jot down three things that you would like to accomplish in the next twelve months and set out to make them a reality.
I will totally do this, sounds a good method.
Chapter eigth
It’s not easy to stay positive in a world where you’re inundated with negativity 24/7.
This is so true and so sad to see.
I participate in a challenge 3 months ago, called TheGratitudeProject, this project was created yoga+ studio (a yoga institution in my country) for the situation we are living in at Covid-19, it consists of writing 3 reasons why you are grateful every day, because in this way we can assimilate good things better and it takes place in your mind.
The reasons can be objects, characteristics, people, actions, whatever you want... and you must explain (any size) each one and why you have chosen it. We needed to do ir for 21 days, and I can say that when I finish it I missed every to keep thanking.
When I have more Hive Power I will throw this initiative here in hive with some updates, but if you like it I believe it would be great for the book.
PD: My native lenguage is not english, so if you see any mistakes i´m sorry in advance.
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