| Infinity Publishing (2009) | | | | solution is locating the problem. Do worries keep |
| ISBN 9780741451675 | | | | you up at night? Go directly to the source of |
| Shadonna Richards, a Canadian registered nurse, | | | | your tension." The second exercise for the first |
| freelance writer and former newspaper columnist, | | | | week is "Detox Your Mind." Richards says "We |
| has put together a simple but concise book on | | | | always have a choice. We can choose to dwell on |
| how to live a better life. As a nurse working with | | | | being hopeless in situations or dwell on having |
| terminally ill cancer patients, who are told they | | | | hope." |
| have only six months to live, she was inspired to | | | | The second week covers "Dare to Dream: |
| write empowering words of wisdom. Richards also | | | | Believe that Anything is Possible" and captures |
| interviewed many individuals for her newspaper | | | | president-elect Barrack Obama's "Yes We Can" |
| columns, thus compiling inspirational stories to | | | | powerful slogan. Using his story and his dreams, |
| encourage us to look at our own lives, makes | | | | Richards iterates that our dreams can become |
| changes as necessary, and to live a fulfilled life. | | | | reality if we persist and believe. |
| Although her resources are Canadian, the concept | | | | Other weeks cover topics like: Understand That |
| of her book is global and I'm sure readers will find | | | | Money Isn't Everything, Reach out to those in |
| similar resources in their respective countries and | | | | Need, and Be the Friend You Desire to Have. For |
| areas. | | | | the purpose of this review I didn't have the |
| "A Gift of Hope" is designed to be used as a | | | | opportunity to test the system for a full 52 |
| workbook, with each week having an exercise to | | | | weeks; however, being a student and teacher of |
| be done daily. For example, the first week starts | | | | transformation, I know it works. Shadonna |
| with "Stay Mentally Fit." The text talks about the | | | | Richards has provided a book, "A Gift of Hope," |
| stresses in our lives and then gives exercises. The | | | | to take us to a higher level of consciousness, a |
| first exercise for the first week is to "Identify, | | | | place where we can manage our personal lives |
| then rectify." Richards says "A crucial part of any | | | | with ease and contentment. |