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BREATHING FREELY
Celebrating The Imperfect Life
READER FEEDBACK
“Breathing Freely is a gem! It captured me at the beginning and took me along on a journey of discovery. Ruth's experiences of 'growing up' are universal and her celebration of an imperfect life is a relief!”
—L. Hobson
“As a recovering perfectionist, I found this book has been key to my healing. McGinnis appears to have the idyllic childhood, the most amazing of talents and the luckiest of circumstances. But as you read, you realize that every life has its tragedies. McGinnis' is no exception. The remarkable beauty of her life is that she does not gloss over her difficulties or conversely, dwell on the private details. Instead, she accepts her life and herself for what it is and what she is... a human being, experiencing joy and success as well as pain and disappointment. They are not pieces of a life, they are an entire life, and the wholeness of it is what makes it beautiful. Her narrative has acute emotion without exposing private details in a blow-by-blow description. The book is written in such a way that you feel like you are on a road trip with McGinnis, listening to her tell the stories of her childhood. I could not put it down. The book has encouraged me to embrace my life in
its entirety instead of editing bits and pieces to make it look perfect. It is a way of living that is indeed, as the title suggests, Breathing Freely.”
—T. Castor
“I read Breathing Freely on an airplane trip and could not put it down until finished. Ruth McGinnis writes courageously and with a sincerity that touched me deeply. Far more than a self help book, it offers first hand experience from which one sees applications to their own life. I will treasure this book for a long time.”
—A. Workum
“I once heard a minister speak of spiritual growth as being like renovating a house - you clean out, tear down, walk around with dust and sometimes great inconvenience - until the new structure is completed - with reinforced, newly painted walls and other improvements, making the finished product more comfortable, functional and livable. What I never understood, however, was exactly how to accomplish such a spiritual and emotional renovation. Ruth McGinnis' book Breathing Freely explains, in very honest detail, her renovation process, with the end result being the freedom to accept your past, celebrate your present, and make wiser decisions for the future. This is an invaluable roadmap for anyone seeking to spiritually breathe freely.”
—D. Sherrill
“As a 'baby boomer' and one who often finds herself so in pursuit of the 'good life' that I forget to enjoy today, this book spoke as if it were written directly to me. I suspect many other people would say the same. Breathing Freely not only gives us guidance on how to enjoy each day, Ruth McGinnis takes you to that place through her own experience. For me, this allowed me to more objectively reflect on my own life.”
—A reader on Amazon.com
“Thank you for this beautiful book, which allows us to acknowledge, and even embrace our imperfections. Your unselfconscious peeling back of your own layers invited me to explore and reveal a hidden layer of my own.”
—K. Gibson