Böcker av Cynthia Jones

Life without walls to me is life being preplanned, and we have a path to walk, so when we walk off that plan, the path becomes discomposed. Uncertainty, dismay, and confusion come our way. Regardless of your circumstances or situation, prayer, determination, and having faith in your own capabilities can change the outcome. I never stopped believing in my God, and I never gave up no matter what people said about me or to me. I never had the support of my family. It would have meant the world to me to know that someone cared about what was happening to me. Instead, I had to rely on fake friends and associates for self-confirmation, not knowing that I didn't need anyone to confirm what I already felt in my heart. After being physically and mentally abused by my husband, I had to dig deep down inside my soul to build up the courage to become independent of the power that I had given him for him to control my life. Love does not scare you for life. Love does not take your self-esteem and belittle you as a person. I had to look in the mirror, at myself and my kids, and say "You matter, you've got so much to live for," and muster up the courage to leave. Neither my childhood, past relationships, disappointments, failed marriages, abuse, nor life without walls can stop me from accomplishing my dreams.

Pauline is a psychotherapist in San Francisco who works with couples who are questioning the reality of their relationships. They are working very hard to escape the comfort of their routine in order to move on to a closer level of intimacy with each other. They are also trying to give themselves a moment to stop and question if they are still in love.Pauline listens to her patients trying to recuperate their previous level of excitement in their relationship and at the same time questions if it is easier to find a new love or to try to maintain the romance in their existing relationships. They don't want to give up but they don't want to continue living without the enlivening effect that love has to offer.As her clients question their love scenarios, Pauline reflects on her own relationship and her own thoughts about romance. She believes that as time goes by couples stop being amorous with each other and that they should try to loose the fear of exposing their difficulties in their relationships and try to share their needs and expectations more frequently.The book describes insightful discoveries inside different relationship scenarios were many times they find out that their life was not what it appeared to be.