Take 2: Steps to Rejoining your Life is absolutely a must read. Author, Tanya Wilson is as human as you are. Transparently, she shares her evolution through challenges that hit her in rapid succession. Her ability to provide you with a birds eye view into her uphill battles through, divorce, loss of health, loss of job, struggles relationally and parentally, loss of her father, financial devastation; all leading her to find her fight. Through it all, though knocked down, she quickly realized that through the pain of all she endured, her life's purpose lied within. Yes, lots of skinned knee's in the process, lots of wrong decisions and failures, yet, giving up and throwing in the towel could no longer be an option. Tanya whole-hearted discovered that life is meant to be lived and lived more abundantly. Yes, there are pebbles in our path that seek to destroy us all. We cannot succumb! We must allow the pains we endure, to become the curriculum of our future. We cannot stop where it happened. We must press on beyond the pain until we find our pleasure. We must adopt the attitude of self-forgiveness, using our failures to push us squarely into our success. As the old saying goes, "when we know better, we can do better." Life does not provide us with an owner's manual, it is a series of lessons, both positive and opportunities to change. If you are in a stuck place, and you are swimming in self-pity, and are clouded by your past, and crippled by your circumstances; this is an absolute must-read. You will come away with new ideas, perspectives, and insight. This book makes you feel as if you are sitting with Tanya over a cup of tea on the porch enjoying a cool evening. Her transparency allows you to realize you are not alone. Most importantly, by the time you reach the final page, you will have sharpened your can-do spirit, and have begun your own personal plan for rejoining your own life. What you have inside of you simply cannot be stifled by mistakes and failures, you must see it as fuel that boosts the best you forward. I am confident that you will also realize and say, "Don't Stop Where It Happened." Read it and go out and effect change amongst your sphere of influence.