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I really enjoyed this book. I like the idea of taking a trip alone - a "vision quest" - to mystically themed places. I also like the fact that Melody visited the area I live in and mentions it in this book, the Willamette Valley in Oregon - it makes me feel like I live in an exciting and intetersting place (yes, I find the idea of going to a forest to be exciting). Wouldn't you love to see the vortexes in Sadona, the Willamette National Forest, the Grand Canyon?

I first became aware of Melody Beattie because of her book CODEPENDENT NO MORE, and I have liked her writing ever since. She is very compassionate and does not let the tragedies of her life (such as the loss of her son when he was only a teen, written about in THE LESSONS OF LOVE) get in the way of her enjoyment of life. Rather than let tragedy harden her view of life, she allows it to increase her compassion for others.

I think it must've been wonderful to have traveled to these places alone, all the while recording one's thoughts and knowing that some day others would read them.

This book is a wonderful way to begin your own Journey to your Heart. It has literally changed my life. It talks of feeling all your feelings, good or bad and helped me to realize that pain as well as happiness are all part of life. I want to thank Melody Beattie for writing this book and sharing her experience of her spiritual travels and her own Journey to the Heart. Each day that I read from these pages, I am inspired. I see the world in a different light and am able to find an inner peace that is hard to find in this tough world.

Lovely book : I read it every night before going to sleep and it takes all my cares away. It also gived me sweet dreams.

Buy it. And get one for your best friend who is going through a bad time.