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You Can Make It Heaven: How to Enrich Your Life with Abundance and Loving

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I started reading self-help books in the 70's which is why I want to write this review. This book is just fabulous for so many reasons which is why I'm moving it to the top of the list. Most of the time when we pick up books of this sort we are in pain, troubled, full of fear, stagnating..whatever and it's tough to often get past the first chapter. Ms Skeele has made this an easy read, giving us a chance to catch our breath and reflect on her/our thoughts. The lightbulbs just keep going off and she gives us small exercises with which to use some of the new alternative thinking. She leads us gently down a new path. I have gone back to the book many times just to keep me focused on a different way to think about something. Tired of the old dialoge in your head...give this a try. I have bought about fifteen books for friends and everyone has good comments.

Here's a book to be read over and over and, with each reading carry away a new delight. I found/find it amazing how, by accepting her own self and, via this self acceptance, exposing her own life experience, Mr Skeekle so gently opens up the reader to self-exploration. She prompts us to really look at ourselves with a loving spirit so that we might contact the exhilerating beauty of our own being. (Interesting mis-type: I typed "exhilarating" as "exhilarabling" and, truly, this mistype is the correct word.) Every chapter, every paragraph of this work offers an irresistable gift but chapter 15, with its "awareness exercises", is, for me, the jewel in the crown. I have purchased so many copies of this work for loved ones with whom I delight in sharing the joy of learning how to love both them and myself more. If I dare rephrase one sentence of Ms Skeele's work: "(We have) nothing...to do other than make the choice to be" (p. 170)

I am 53 years of age and have read many self help books and have experienced hours of therapy. I thought I had heard it all until I picked up this book. First, seeing the picture in the "Magic Eye" image, I knew I was about to begin a journey I had not previously taken. In reading the first few chapters, old windows that had been shut tight in my heart began to loosen and then spring open as I tearfully and joyfully ventured into each new chapter. When I read Rumi's poem at the beginning of Part III about "The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you, don't go back to sleep...", I felt the brightest light come through those windows to dispel the dark shadows I have allowed to linger for far too long. Ms. Skeele's simple language and gentle guidance makes her book easy to understand and do the suggested practices which can lead to unexperienced growth. She has done us all a favor by not only telling us how to "Make It Heaven", but how to really feel our hearts beat for the very first time.

This is NOT your average self-help book; it is so much more than that. The amount of sage wisdom cannot be overstated. It works on so many levels as a "lifeboat" opportunity for the reader (no matter where he or she is on their chosen spiritual path.) Rebecca Skeele proves herself to be an artful guide as she explains how not to see problems as "stumbling blocks," but rather, "stepping stones." Rebecca skillfully maps the way toward savoring each precious day while finding JOY in what you already have and the truth in the proverb: "Love makes all burdens light." This book will retain an honored place on my bookshelf, one that I will reference whenever my life feels out of balance and I need reminding of the fact that "I am the master of my own destiny."

I loved this book. Very useful spiritual expansions. Great to keep around for re-reading, whenever I am feeling less enlightened.

Have you ever found yourself sabotaged by your "monkey mind," as all the reasons why you can't succeed dance through your mind at once? Have you found yourself wishing that you could find a way to live true to yourself at home, at work and in your relationships? Have you longed for a life in which you did what you most wanted to do, and were rewarded for pursuing your dreams?

If you said, "yes" to any of the above, then you'll be thrilled with YOU CAN MAKE IT HEAVEN! Author Rebecca Skeele writes eloquently about down-to-earth ways you can acquaint yourself with the divinity all around you, and shares personal stories from her life and the lives of those she's coached over the years. Skeele's background in psychology, counseling, and spirituality are evident as her advice comes from the rich tapestry of training combined with years of real-life experience.

This is a book you'll find yourself reaching for again and again, as a friendly guide on your journey of self-understanding. YOU CAN MAKE IT HEAVEN when you learn to open your heart to yourself, and feel the love that will transform your view of the world and your life forever.