We Are One

By Shannie Alvarez

We are One is a thought-provoking book that will challenge the reader to understand a deeper part of themselves. The author reveals her intimate battle with fear and how she overcame it to now give hope to others. This book will take you on a journey from darkness to light while encouraging you to understand that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Complemented with poetry illustrations, this is a book that will change the way you look at yourself, others, and the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tellwell Talent
• Release date: Dec 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9780228819622

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We Are One

Copyright © 2020 by Shannie Alvarez

Cover photo image by Deflyne Coppens

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Tellwell Talent

www.tellwell.ca

ISBN

978-0-2288-1961-5 (Hardcover)

978-0-2288-1960-8 (Paperback)

978-0-2288-1962-2 (eBook)

I would like to thank the following people in my life who have supported me on my journey. You have helped me to understand myself and God better. Your kindness and wisdom are like delicate embroidery, which has stitched itself deep within my soul.

Olive Bebbington

Billie Cedillos

Maggie Shea

Tina Christina

Trudy Gardner

Gail Ritter

I thank my parents. As difficult as I once found life to be, I have come to realize that it had to be this way for me to understand what I am grateful to now comprehend.

Table of Contents

Intro

The Journey of Life

My Journey

The Jewish Root

Who Am I?

Messiah

In the Beginning

In the Beginning

The Challenge

The Journey Never Ends…

Baby Steps

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit, but Why?

With God I am Grounded

The Religion of Love

God-Opportunities

The Universal Language of Love

God is a Relationship

The Reflection is Love

Mother Earth and Father Time

We are Family

The Darkness

In the Beginning was Darkness

From Darkness to Light

The Fight for What is Right

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The Sign

The Wedding Day

Shabbat Shalom

The Veil

God is One

I Do

We Are One

Out of Egypt I Called My Son

My First Love

The Big Brother I Thought I Never Had

The Big Secret

Where is the Love?

To Be One as God is One

One Body, One Mind, One Spirit

The Fruit Tree

Shekinah Glory

Poems

Words

Innocence (1995)

Yesterday

Then There Was Light

Creator

The Perfect Place

Lessons

The Messenger

I Am

From the Heart

One Love

Pieces

Reflection

The Light

Darkness

Hiding Places

The Dark Side

The Wolf

Wasted Pearls

To My Body

The Archnemesis

Rainbow of Colours

In the Garden

Time

Is Real in My Heart

Just a Girl

Jew and Gentile

Puzzle Pieces

Bits and Pieces

The Promise

Intro

I had no words — I did not know how to speak. Darkness had captured me. It was as if I lived in a room and was never able to leave. Through a window, I could only watch the world go by, wishing to be part of it all. I was trapped. I didn’t know how to open the door, even though it was never locked. I guess I was too afraid to open it. I was afraid of everything. My confidence failed me, time and time again. I could not open the door, until I became desperate, and my life depended on me opening it…

Words

Words are the soul exposing intricate design,

Orchestrated with precision to reveal the divine.

A connection that extends from you then to me,

Words’ powerful force may be difficult to see.

Words express truth, as we know deep inside,

It’s the place we alone know how to share and confide.

Words are important, as they are what makes us be,

Words come alive being who we are truthfully.

The Journey of Life

My Journey

I needed a starting place, and so my journey began with an interest in religion. I was not raised religious, but I desired to find God. I did not know who God was, nor did I know who I was. I had lost my identity, which pushed me to try to discover my true identity in the identity of who God is, since I always believed that God was good.

At this time in my life I was grasping at straws and barely had a leg to stand on. I needed to understand what was good because I only understood what was bad — I was bad. I was oppressed by negative thoughts that controlled my mind by enslaving me, and keeping me paralyzed from ever truly knowing who I was. I found myself to be bound in a state of hopeless confusion and insecurity. I