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Sneak Preview- KIMI's Novel Inspired by her own Trials and Tribulations

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Thank you for checking out my extra post this week- hope you enjoy it!

The start of the novel has been inspired by my own story in how I coped during one of the most challenging periods of my life, in a series of journal entries.

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This is a story is about a young women’s journey through life’s challenges and how positive thoughts helped to make better choices shaped the future……………………………determined not to be victim but be a survivor.

A better life doesn’t happen by chance, it happens by change- Jim Rohn

My whole world literally fell apart when my relationship ended, my home, my job and my livelihood- ultimately my family unit for my daughter. This journal tells the story of how I took control of a dire situation by changing my outlook. How you feel and think on the inside is reflected in your reality. I must not give up and believe a better tomorrow is coming because our thoughts turn into our reality. I was determined to bring up my daughter, Neve with strength, courage, faith and peace so that she has the life skills to withstand the trials and tribulations of life. In other words regardless of her external circumstances, she has the ability to keep her inner peace and therefore nothing can steal her joy or hope.

The breakdown of the relationship was a double blow, as my childhood was chaotic and dysfunctional in every sense of the word. It felt like I was letting history repeating itself, something I fought hard to move away from. I knew something had to change and that was me-I was the common dominator. In every situation there will always be at least one thing you can control and that is yourself, it could be your perception to how you deal with it and on that note, I changed the way I saw things.

This journal purposely starts from when I realised a departure was needed because the stage before that. I believe it to be a very personal decision therefore would have been little, if any of value to include. In the spirit of moving forward I discussed candidly how I fought through the challenges and adversities of starting over again. 15 years later, we immigrated to the USA and Neve graduated from an Ivy League university. I also fulfilled a life time ambition of becoming a successful writer, author and speaker because as the saying goes ‘your test will be your testimony’ and in the words of Tyler Perry, what has worked against you can also work for you, if you allow it.

It contains many tears, moments of weakness to moments of joy and happiness. Moreover plenty of surprises to our delight, just by implementing some simple but effective changes that was ultimately life changing. We went from existing and gaining mediocrity to living a life of abundance and excellence, which never seemed possible because people like us never get breaks. This reality was soon a part of our history and I am privilege to live past that to share the tale. A special thank you goes to all my mentors who taught me you cannot have a positive life, with a negative mind. Everything starts with a thought and you’re inside world of feelings and emotions will determine your outside world of people, things and situations.

I hope my story has been of some help- please share your comments below and or connect with me on Twitter @ThinkingKimi. 

Have a great summer and thank you once again for all your support! I am looking forward to sharing more in September 2015 and finishing the year on a high.

See you all next month. 

Best wishes

KIMI xxx


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