I reread a book by Iyanla Vanzant, "Peace from broken pieces." I've followed the author for several years, from the Oprah Winfrey show and now her weekly show on OWN, Iyanla fix my life. The piece is a story of over coming, therefore allowing yourself to become a person able to live in the present. I was most enlightened by the author's gut wretching honesty and the courage it must have taken to share the fact that she didn't have the relationship with her daughter she thought she had. Finding in her daughters diary, after her death, her interpretation of their relationship. How is it you can be in relationship with someone and not know the full extent of the relationship?
I found several reviews online of the book at Good reads.com. The reviews were mixed, but all agreed that the message was powerful. Through Wikipedia, I discovered Vanzant is an author, inspirational speaker, spiritual teacher and television personality. She has a show on OWN Network, called, Iyanla fix my life. In an interview with The Root, the author eludes to writing the book out of necessity. In order for her to find peace in the present, she needed to do the work of picking up the pieces from her past. Self exploration and taking responsibility for the roles we play in our own destiny, is what I take from this book.
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