Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose

Written to honor Diamante s children in Heaven, Finding Hope In The Darkness Of Grief is a recipient of five awards to date for Poetry, Religion Spirituality, Inspiration and Gift Book.This earthly plane offers much for us to learn happiness, wisdom, loss, heartbreak, and enlightenment It is a Pandoras box of emotions, situations, opportunities, and failures, all wrapped into a package we call life Nobody is immune, but everyone has the opportunity to grow tall or wither like a flower in harsh light Its completely up to us how we choose to respond Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief is a gleaning of insights from artist Diamante Lavender For her, life has been a long, difficult road, but it has taught many poignant lessons Her poetry collection is an exploration of the human soul, a traversing of situations that life throws at us Diamante has always been intrigued by the ability to overcome and move on to bigger and better things She writes to encourage hope and possibility in those who read her stories If she can help others heal, as she has, then Diamantes work as an author and artist will have been well spent She believes that everyone should try to leave a positive mark on the world, to make it a better place for all Writing is the way that she is attempting to leave her markone story at a time. Best Read [ Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose ] author [ Diamante Lavendar ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Don t believe the illusion Increase love s true grit In this small book, we see the author poet artist working through grief and loss Interspersed between mostly profound wisdom are art pieces that speak of their own losses,often quietly reflecting Diamant Lavendar s unspoken thought.Poetry is a hard medium for an artist As a retired Christian minister, as well as a published poet, I looked critically at each entry I love the above quote from one of her poems The illusion is that we are Don t believe the illusion Increase love s true grit In this small book, we see the author poet artist working through grief and loss Interspersed between mostly profound wisdom are art pieces that speak of their own losses,often quietly reflecting Diamant Lavendar s unspoken thought.Poetry is a hard medium for an artist As a reti...Live your life with a grateful heart so that love and goodness can transform you Midwestern author artist Diamante Lavendar writes books based on self and spiritual discovery such as coming of age stories and stories involving the overcoming of hardships that afflict the human condition Diamante s mission is to assist her fellowman achieve happiness and wisdom in the face of apparent heartbreak and failure As she has said, Nobody is immune, but everyone has the opportunity to grow tall or Live your life with a grateful heart so that love and goodness can transform you Midwestern author artist Diamante Laven...This heartfelt collection of observations and beliefs by Diamante Lavendar is a collection of her artwork and creative writing She shares photography, illustration and prose poetry that explore her inner feelings and emotions Her daughter died at age 18 and Diamante s wish is to extend the strength that she has found confronting her grief and pain, through the sharing of her words and images She simply offers intimate bite sized thoughts for readers to gain inspiration and hope from, allowing This heartfelt collection of observations and beliefs by Diamante Lavendar is a collection of her artwork and creative writing She shares photography, illustration and prose poetry that explore her inner feelings and emotions Her daughter died at age 18 and Diama...I felt that this short piece of work that reminded me of inspiring beliefs and thoughts learned over my years on this earth was very uplifting and motivating, providing strength and refreshment as well as hope in a world that is becoming fast paced and blind to those who are less fortunate Here are some thoughts I culled from it to highlight the benefits of this book for you who is down and on the verge of suicide or a breakdown 1 Even during the times you feel most alone, there is always a I felt that this short piece of work that reminded me of inspiring beliefs and thoughts learned over my years on this earth was very uplifting and motivating, providing strength and refreshment as well as hope in a world that is becoming fast paced and blind to those who are less fortunate Here are some thoughts I culled from it to highlight the benefits of this book for you who is down and on the verge of ...This book is like holding hands with the author, and allowing her to accompany you on your own difficult journey whatever stage that may be at At times a very emotive read, making it a little difficult, it s worth persevering with Lavender brings to the forefront the message that there can be a great strength found from loss, sadness and adversity Grief is a very personal thing, and we all have our own coping mechanisms The author doesn t try to over shadow this, nor does it come across as This book is like holding hands with the author, and allowing her to accompany you on your own difficult journey whatever stage that may be at At times a very emotive read, making it a little difficult, it s worth persevering with Laven...Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief gathers Diamante Lavendar s own insights on how she charted a path through grief, and pairs free verse poems that double as uplifting admonitions There is so muchTo every instance Than we can comprehend with prose and the author s lovely color art images From illusions of darkness and se...It helped me through my grief for my late brother and an old late friend Thank you for letting me win this book at a much needed time It beautifully helped me in my grief and loss Now I m giving it to another soul who needs this book to guide them through a rough patch.Finding Hope is the kind of book that you can take something uplifting away from no matter what your upbringing or how little or how much grief you have personally experienced Lavendar has a real way with words and crafts each of these pieces into a unique and re...Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose by Diamante Lavendar is a beautiful collection of poetry, art, and prose that addresses many of life s moments From grief to staying positive, Lavendar has a knack for looking at emotions and making them meaningful Just about every other page contains beautiful art that calms the mind, and the lyrical poetry inspires you to look inward, shore yourself up and go on Everyone experiences love and Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose by Diamante Lavendar is a beautiful collection of poetry, art, and prose that addresses many of life s moments From grief to staying positive, Lavendar has a knack for looking at emotions and making them meaningful J...Grief and disappointment are hard to deal with, especially if you are a private person like me I don t share my feelings with many people and that sometimes makes me draw into myself Finding Hope in Darkness helped me by making me feel like I wasn t the only person that felt the way I do and that things will always get better even it it doesn t seem like it at the time.Although I don t often read poetry, I thought it was a great and concise way to deliver an important and hopeful message to Grief and disappointment are hard to deal with, especially if you are a private person like me I don t share my feelings with many people and that sometimes makes me draw into myself Finding Hope in Darkness helped me by making me feel like I wasn t the only person that felt the way...

• English
• 01 June 2019
Diamante Lavendar
• Paperback
• 74 pages
• 1982205687
• Diamante Lavendar
• Finding Hope in the Darkness of Grief: Spiritual Insights Expressed Through Art, Poetry and Prose