Jared Wanzer Party of 1 Book Club - 3

The cover of the book  Love. Skip. Jump. says, "start living a life of adventure."

well, I am in.

My latest book find is Love. Skip. Jump, by Shelene Bryan.

& after reading that under the title, like I found this book & started reading!

I follow Candice Cameron Bure, from Full House & more recently Dancing with the Stars, on Instagram.  I saw she had recommended this book to her followers & it just sounded like my kind of book.

This book is filled with real love, skipping & jumping adventures of the author, Shelene Bryan.  I loved this book and I think I only put it down for food breaks.   I love the honesty that she shares in this book about the ideas she decided to put into action instead of just putting it on a someday to-do-list.  It really got my mind going about the things I always say I am going to do that I just need to Love Skip & Jump!

Thank you Shelene for writing such an honest book of stories of your life.  I look forward to hearing more stories from you in the future.  If you ever need a photographer at any of your events, I am there!

In the introduction Sharlene writes, "God has amazing life adventures set out for each of us.  The challenge is we must say yes to Him and take the jump into action."  Well that makes me want to go out and do something for sure.

I had so many favorite parts of this book but I this is something that really got me thinking and I thought I would share.  Believe me I have so much highlighted in this book that I could create an entire different blog with just quotes from the book, but here it goes.

This is taken from the first chapter of Love. Skip Jump, titled The Adventure of Yes.

 "The fact is, every significant event that happened in the Bible happened because somebody said yes to God.  Noah said yes to God and built an ark, despite the mocking of every person he knew - and was saved.  Moses said yes to God when, at great personal risk, he demanded freedom from his people - and they were freed.  David said yes when he fought Goliath - and later he became king of Israel.  Esther saved her people from annihilation...Peter stepped over the side of a small fishing boat and walked on water...and Jesus paid the price for your failings and mine forever. It all happened when they each said yes to God."

Wow. Makes me feel better about any uncomfortable situation I have been in & knowing it will all work out if I am going through it with God.

Jared Wanzer Party of 1 Book Club - 2

This weeks book is a New York Times Best Seller,  Is It Just Me? Or is it nuts out there?

This book was written by one of the funniest people and best actresses in my opinion, Whoopi Goldberg.
I have had this book for awhile actually and when I all of a sudden acquired the love of reading, I decided to read a few books off my shelf, my mom gave me this book.

I have always loved movies, celebrities, biographies and real stories.  I am also a straight forward person and I love straight forward honest people & that is this book.

Every chapter is filled with a lot of thoughts put into words that you might think but rarely say OR things you do and don't realize you maybe shouldn't do because well its not enjoyable for everyone else. Either way, I recommend this book, I love that it is just written just like Whoopi is saying what is on her mind, very candid.

A few of my favorite quotes taken directly from the book Is It Just Me?,

"So you've got to pay attention. 'Cause there's a lot of information out there that is sort of semi right but not totally."

"What happens when people get into attack mode is instead of talking with each other, they talk at each other. There is a bit difference."

"When somebody reaches out, what would you regret more, slapping the hand away, or accepting an apology so you can both move on?"

"Forgiveness works two ways when you put it out there."

"This is not Fantasyland. The rules are not going to change because you want them to. Or because you see yourself as an exception."

"Just because they're a bonehead doesn't mean you have to be."

"A smile goes a very long way. It may not help but it goes a very long way."

"It amazes me that people are always surprised when they have driven someone to a breaking point."

"Why do we paint everyone with the same brush? Why does it seem more and more we want people ruined rather than rehabilitated."

"The thing is, life's going to happen and its going to be annoying sometimes. But, hey, at some point, guess what? You're annoying too. So be a human being."

"You need to make noise when something is wrong."

& I will leave you with my favorite quote.

Jared Wanzer Party of 1 Book Club.

"Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can." - John Wesley

"Remember this definition of the rich man - a person that is not afraid to ask to see something cheaper." -Dave Ramsey 

"Remember, hope cannot be taken from you; you must surrender it." - Dave Ramsey

These are just a few of my favorite quotes from the recent book I finished by Dave Ramsey - Financial Peace.

One of my goals this last year was to do new things. Eventually, I am going to start an entire blog series on doing new things but for now, we are going to call this book blog series, Jared Wanzer Party of 1 Book Club.

One of my goals was to read more, I have never been a big fan of reading.  I think it always takes me back to when I was in school and I was forced to read things that, to me, were not enjoyable and sometime I didn't even understand. Also, I like to multi-task and when I am reading, well, I can only read.  I realized that is a good thing & have found several books I have really enjoyed, thanks to my friends Katrina & Zak who recommended two books to me. 

All that being said, I just finished Dave Ramseys book - Financial Peace.   It was filled with a lot of great information & I really enjoyed gaining more knowledge through this book.  I am going through the book right now and writing down information I want to remember & I remembered this poem from the book that I thought I would share, I really liked it.  I highly recommend it even if you are not going through finacial issues, it is filled with so much information and really gets your mind to thinking about what you are spending and how you are spending it, filled with content for sure. 

I will leave you with this poem that was in the book that I also loved. 

Said the Little Red Rooster,
“Believe me, things are tough!
Seems the worms are getting scarcer
And I cannot find enough.
What’s become of all those fat ones?
It’s a mystery to me.
There were thousands through that rainy spell,
But now, where can they be?

But the Old Black Hen who heard him
Didn’t grumble or complain,
She had lived through lots of dry spells;
She had lived through floods of rain.
She picked a new and undug spot.
The ground was hard and firm.
“I must go to the worms,” she said
“The worms won’t come to me.”

The Rooster vainly spent his day
Through habit, by the ways
Where fat round worms had passed in squads
Back in the rainy days.
When nightfall found him supperless,
He growled in accents rough,
“I’m hungry as a fowl can be,
Conditions sure are tough.”

But the Old Black Hen hopped to her perch
And dropped her eyes to sleep
And murmured in a drowsy tone,
“Young man, hear this and weep.
I’m full of worms and happy
For I’ve eaten like a pig.
The worms were there as always,
But, boy, I had to dig!”

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