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Let Today Be A Holiday : 365 Ways to Co-Create with God

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This book is a gem. For those who are experienced seekers of God, or new to the idea, each day offers insights and practices to co-create with this elusively defined and extraordinary force we call God.

Rose offers the reader explorations into what it means to be a co-creator with God, and she facilitates her writing in such a way that it is all-inclusive of whatever background or belief system one comes from. I am flabbergasted as I see new ways of perceiving the age old question of how we can all be co-creators with God, even if we have different backgrounds. Many of her ways of framing our existence and our ability to participate with this divine force, and to accept ourselves and others in the process, has been a welcome relief.

For me personally, the book has miraculously coincided with guidance on or a response to a question that I had been holding for that day. There have been amazing coincidences in this regard, which makes me believe that when Rose wrote this book, she created it with the intention that it would serve us all, in the moment that we need it, with the insight that may serve us.

I highly recommend this book to all who would like to read it. I use it everyday to deliver me into that extraordinary realm where I too am a co-creator with God.

Rose Rosetree is a fountain of spiritual insight, which she delivers in a humble, delightful way to those lucky enough to find her books. When I read Empowered by Empathy my entire way of being in the world and with people was changed -- from confusion to confidence. In Let Today be a Holiday, 365 Ways to Co-Create With God Ms Rosetree has done it again. She has gifted us with practical techniques for developing our partnership with God and awakening Spirit within. From my heart I thank you Ms Rosetree.

Let There Be a Holiday is a lovely book of meditations that is inspirational and so very, very real in the sense of inviting each person into the creativity and joy that each experience can be. In some cases, indeed one must use the imagination to create a conversation, a "What If" type of scenario that isn't fantasy but an alternative way of living defying negativity and/or despair.

For we live in a world, according to this author, that requires us to be alert to how things simply "are" or "could be." For example, how does one truly love the uniqueness in each person? By seeing the special quality of the other person or by loving one's self first? The meditation advises "...just be willing to see God in that person - not as some abstract transcendent perfection, but in a way that's both humbler and harder - uniqueness turned human." Now that's different!

Or perhaps it's taking time to discover what thrills your soul in an activity, or choosing to be with another person or even a pet! Maybe it's the decision to work with antidote affirmations - affirmations following a reaction to an idea or a previous affirmation - the final one being a healing and freeing moment that truly changes one's moment, day, and probably the people around us!

Whatever your penchant is, it's guaranteed that these meditations will touch some aspect of your being!

And just in case that is only minimally experienced (highly doubtful!), there are poems and meditations that one can read which will elicit some definite blessing to follow, as in "Lace," "Hold me in all softness...Let me, so I may/unbind the veil that now covers my eyes...How You, who have crocheted me to be lace,/must laugh to watch the untangling of this knot."

Lovely, Ms. Rosetree!

Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on November 17, 2006

What a genuinely wonderful book; I haven't gone "Oh,ick" once. In a world of increasingly simplistic solutions and worn-out pseudo-wisdom, this is a rare joy. Good, helpful, affectionate ways to regularly make your life, and the lives of those whom you love, sweeter and stronger.

I purchased this book because I admire Rose Rosetree's work. I was already devouring a few of her books and was thrilled with being given profound, but user-friendly, techniques that would enhance my life. What amazes me is just how many cutting-edge ideas, much not available elsewhere, fill her books.

In the past, I have purchased or have been gifted other inspirational books where food-for-thought is provided for each day of the year. "Let Today Be A Holiday," is in a category above and beyond the rest. The information is meatier, causing me to ponder well after I had read that day's passage. Even topics I'm familiar with are presented with Rose's twist on the matter. Knowing that though we are indeed amazing spirits in a human's body, we are nonetheless living on this earth and in order to have a worthwhile experience on the planet, we must learn how to navigate and survive on it...Rose doesn't let us forget this.

Inspiring poetry is sprinkled amidst topics such as "Breathe Like An Artist," "Praise Dance," "Abundance, Complete With Desert," "Bowling With Light Bulbs," and "Not Just For Saints." Whether you agree with Rose or not, you'll be nudged to think deeper on what she's presented.

This would be a great gift for friends and family, but don't forget to get your own copy. My guess is that it'll become dog-eared and well-loved.