Garden Of Hope

By Chrissy G. Tasker, Shane Quinell, Raji Kalyan and 15 more

Garden of Hope: An Inspiring Collection of 17+ Stories that Will Make You Believe in Love, Hope, and Joy

Do you love short stories and are looking for a new volume to fill the reading gap?

If you need some inspiration and hope in your life, this is just the book for you!

 

Life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes we weather the storms easily, and sometimes bad feelings tend to linger. People have always turned to stories to push them through, give them hope, and make them realize that not everything is as gloomy as it appears. The power of storytelling in our lives is indisputable!

We believe this book will give you the hope you need to push forward. It's composed of 18 stories written by authors all over the world. In all of them, they celebrate love, life, hope, and joyous moments. These inspirational stories will guide you towards falling madly in love with life. 

 

Here's what makes this book special:

It's a carefully curated collection of some of the most striking, motivational stories from around the globe

Each story is paired with flower symbols add to their meaning and give you a sense of the powerful message inside

These inspirational stories will help you understand love and start seeing the positives in everything

AND SO MUCH MORE!

 

Even in the darkest of times, we can turn to stories to provide light and warmth. Books have always been our best friends, and that's unlikely to change soon. If you're looking for a heartwarming, inspiring book full of motivational stories that encourage love, hope, and joy, this book is a must-have!

So Scroll up, Click on 'Buy Now', and Get Your Copy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: THE WORLD IS SO BIG PUBLISHING
• Release date: Jul 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9789811469633

Chrissy G. Tasker

About Chrissy G. Tasker Chrissy G.Tasker a Founder of multiple creative businesses internationally. She has dreamed of being a writer ever since her obsession with reading books at an early age. What first became a quest to overcome the boundaries set against her in the form of dyslexia has turned into a life's dream.  Angel's Trap is her first book in the Secret of the Oxpen's Angel series of Three under pseudonym Lei R.Tasker. When not writing, she enjoys long walks with her dog Reggie. Love her Gins and reading Join Chrissy R.Tasker on Facebook, where she loves to chat with her readers:

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Contributed by International Authors

Stories Never Been Told Before

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Shane Quinell . Raji Kalyan. Rajat Soni

K.V. Premraj . Praveen Gupta . Mahendra Kapadia

Meenu Agrawal . Maefrize Lim . Madhu Punjabi

Khoa Nam Tran . Keziah Wong . Jane Sasikala Mirthunjayan

Deepika Singh . Capt. Deepa Kuruvilla . Clara Lee

Chrissy Tasker . Audrey Muliva . Asootosh Kkant

The World is So Big

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either

Products of the author’s imagination or are used factiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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ISBN:  978-981-14-6963-3

Contents

Garden of Hope front cover

About Garden of Hope

Foreword

Glide to Soar  by Shane Quinnell

Spectrum of Life! by  Raji Kalyan

Guru Dakshina  by Rajat Soni

Encourage through Empathy by K.V. Premraj

Face Crisis with G.R.A.C.E  by Praveen Gupta

Triggering My Happiness by Mahendra Kapadia

Beautiful Life in Pursuit by Meenu Agrawal

Weaver of Joy by Maefrize Lim

Screen Time In QUARANTINE by Madhu Punjabi

Standing Tall by Khoa Nam Tran

Stay Another Day by Keziah Wong

BALM for the Soul ₉₆  by Jane Mirthunjayan

The Perfect Story of Imperfections by Deepika Singh

Chaos Over Comfort by Deepa Kuruvilla

Communicate with Compassion to Connect by Clara Lee

Simplify Mindfulness by Chrissy G. Tasker

Our Healthiest Online Shift by Audrey Muliva

Rise of the Phoenix by Asootosh Kkant

About Garden of Hope

Have you smelled the flowers lately?

When was the last time you stopped and observed the ladybug resting on the flower bed?

The theme of Garden of Hope is inspired by nature. We chose this theme as Nature offers limitless motivation if we’re willing to pause and savour the wonders around us. Pause, let the beauty sink in and nature work its magic. Your life will bloom with contentment and fulfilment.

Garden of Hope is a beautiful amalgamation of life journeys of 18 authors and their transformations. It encompasses many traditions and voices, and offers insight on pain, struggles, and love. Each voice is accompanied with passion for life and passion to inspire and bring hope to your life.

These stories moved their souls and now inspire others to transform and evolve stronger and braver! Each story speaks of Love, Joy, Hope, Faith, Wisdom, Perseverance, and Victory; urging readers to stay vital and in love with this life, no matter the hardships.

With much love and compassion, all the proceedings of sales will be forwarded to I-India – A charity that provides care, love, and development for children and communities living on the streets of Jaipur in conditions of extreme poverty. They strive to help as many children as possible and focus on those in most urgent need.

I-India was established in 1993 and currently reaches over 3000 children daily through their street schools, residential homes, and vocational centres. This non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Jaipur assists children with immediate challenges, such as homelessness, child labor, malnutrition, and illness, while also developing their attitudes and skills in a way so that they have greater choice to transform their future.

To find out more about I-India, visit: https://i-indiajaipur.org/

Foreword

2020 has delivered a bouquet of emotions at our doorstep. A bouquet that was unexpected and for which we were all unprepared! These emotions have bewildered us, some of them have confused and scared us; however, some others have brought us closer. In these unprecedented times, while the world is battling health, financial, and emotional struggles, there is one thing that is keeping the world from falling apart and that is HOPE. Hope for a better future, hope for a better world, and hope for a better life!

Garden of Hope is a book with 18 stories that promise to inspire love, hope, and joy in your life. 

Challenging times are not limited to a pandemic. We all face adversities in different phases of our lives, many times. l believe that we all need a little ray of hope when the going gets tough and Garden of Hope is the best book you can read to inspire you and lead you through tough times.

I started life being orphaned in a foreign country that I have now made my home.  I was then adopted but my mother passed away suddenly when I was 16 and my adopted father passed away suffering through cancer.  Alone again in this world, I threw myself into work and study. I understood very quickly that life wasn’t about me but how I made others feel. Focusing on where I could help, allowed me to provide hope for others and hope for a better future.

I have had the privilege to travel around the world to train and share messages to inspire others to be conscious leaders, unlock their value and share HOPE. 

I believe that business success and leading a life worth living, rests on the ability to build real connections, to be conscious of your domino effect, and be trustworthy in life. Having owned and operated several highly successful training companies and been recognised both nationally and internationally as a leader, I understand that caring for others and providing hope makes a big difference in this world.

In the last financial crises, we lost over a million dollars and were left with a large debt. Within a year I started my first training company and turned our finances and lives around by seeing what is possible and having hope for a better future.

Garden of Hope is a compilation of work of 18 authors from different parts of the world, all of whom I know personally. They are influencers and authority in their area of work. Their stories have inspired me, and I believe they will inspire you too. These authors are on a mission to change lives and bring light to the world. They have shared their most heartfelt thoughts and learnings with the deliberate intention of helping people across the globe.

Don’t let hardships stop you from living the life of your dreams. Get up, dust yourself off, and march ahead. Create a life that you always wanted to live. Challenging times can bring out the best or the worst in you. Choose the best version of you and spread the light to others as well.

Garden of Hope will make you believe in yourself, inspire more hope, and create more joy in your life. When you choose to consciously lead for positive outcomes and sprinkle hope to others, anything is possible!

Meet Catherine,

Catherine Molloy is a well sought-after International Speaker and Facilitator. She is the Famous Author of The Business Book of the Year - THE MILLION DOLLAR HANDSHAKE. The book has been translated into many different languages all around the world.

With over 25 years’ experience in business, education, and speaking, she has been transforming lives all over the world. She is a Communication Expert, specialising in leadership, sales and services. Her upcoming book, How to be a Conscious Leader will be available in Nov 2020. She has a big heart for Charity and has been travelling to Uganda to help build homes for orphans and vulnerable children. She is married with 3 children, 2 cows, 4 sheep, 2 dogs, and only 1 husband.

Connect with Catherine at https://www.auspacba.com.au/

A person smiling for the camera Description automatically generatedWatercolor bouquet of protea and wildflowers — Stock Photo

Protea is often connected to overcoming obstacles and finding courage inside of you to make a difference in the world. This pretty flower symbolizes Change, Transformation and Courage!

Glide to Soar: Secrets to Success Learnt Falling from the Sky

By Shane Quinnell

It is a hot, dry day in remote South Africa.

I sit on a seat made of thin nylon. Strings millimetres thick connect me to a parachute-like wing. The wing’s flimsy material suspends me a thousand meters above the ground and two hundred meters above a rugged mountain range.

The sun scorches my face. As I speed through the air, the wind cools me down.

I am completely fascinated by the earth curving away from me. I give no conscious thought to the fact one wrong move could mean death.  I feel completely content and alive. I have flown hundreds of kilometres this way.

I fly my paraglider through slowly sinking air. I am gliding, using a set of skills and techniques to keep myself airborne. I am waiting and feeling for a thermal that will lift me toward the base of the clouds above me. Thermals are pockets of rising hot air and the source of most of the clouds you see on a blue sunny day. Most people don’t know they exist, but to us paraglider pilots they are miraculous invisible elevators. They are our tickets to the sky.

Finding a thermal while paragliding can sometimes feel like a slight tug on my paraglider, sometimes as faint as a fish nibbling on a fishing line, other times like Muhammed Ali’s fist to the face. Either way when I feel a thermal, I know it is time to fly!

I feel the front of my wing lift. A thermal! I pull on my steering lines to spiral into the centre of the thermal. Immediately I feel myself being pulled to the clouds, at times gaining ten meters every second.

After thermalling, the magic happens. I am literally touching the clouds. The air is cool. There is no sound but the wind. I feel like I can see and sense the whole world.

Those moments are the closest I have ever come to what we are all searching for: complete fulfilment.

I feel ultimately free, and yet like I belong completely. It feels like true success. It feels like my whole being is soaring.

I believe everyone deserves to experience this sensation. I believe everyone can soar. 

This story is about how in life, just like in paragliding, we can each Glide to Soar.

This is my story.

***

Having touched the clouds, I am once again a few hundred meters above the mountain. I am flying calmly in a straight line. Again, I am mesmerised by the world curving away from me.

CRACK! My paraglider collapses violently. I start falling from the sky.

I feel my stomach fly through my mouth as I speed toward the mountain below me.

Adrenaline explodes through my body. I am thrown into a game of life and death. 

I react to try and catch my wing and save myself. My wing snaps. It half reopens but is knotted. Not able to fly properly, it swings me into a death spiral.

I look down to throw my emergency parachute. The only power lines on the entire fifty-kilometre mountain range are directly beneath me.

Fear grips my chest. If I throw my parachute chute I risk being fried. If I don’t, I’m dead.

I pull the chute. It jerks me violently. I slow momentarily.

A few seconds go by. I am now only ten meters from the side of the mountain.

WHOOSH.

Another gust of wind hits me. It slings me 180 degrees, straight at the mountain. I lift my legs to brace for impact.

SMASH!!!

Both my ankles crush. My back nearly snaps in half. My limp body somersaults into the vegetation.

The only two witnesses are sure I am dead. I am sure I am dead.

Blackness swamps me.

***

I wake between two giant rocks.

Pain explodes from my back, my feet, my legs. Fear hits me. Will I live? Will I walk?

I realise these could be my last minutes. A sense of dread engulfs me. I’m not completely fulfilled. I haven’t found what I am looking for in my life. I need more time!

My senses want to explode with overload. Not with pain. Discomfort. Incredible, near insanity provoking discomfort. It feels like my body is twisted in knots and stretched apart at the same time.

Every instinct screams, MOVE!. It’s as though my body knows it’s broken and just wants to put itself back together. Realising my back is probably broken I focus everything on stopping myself moving. I bite my hands, pinch my face, even hit my head on rocks.

The hour it takes for the first person to arrive is the longest of my life.

***

Hours later, I’m in the hospital. After x-rays that feel like a combination of every ancient torture technique known to man, I find myself in a dark room.

Red lights, flashing, incessant beeping, and groans of dying people fill my world.

A shadowy figure, my doctor, explains that I have crushed both legs, smashed countless bones and badly broken my back. I don’t understand everything through the fog of morphine, but I remember these words perfectly: Shane, we don’t know if you are going to walk again.

This can’t be happening; I think as I pass out.

***

Two weeks later, clarity dawns.

I’m still in a hospital bed. I can’t move. I need suppositories to poo all over myself. It feels like lava flows in my veins.

Negative thoughts grow.

You’re going to be here a long time.

You won’t walk for months.

Why me?!

I feel the black hole of hopelessness pulling me in. We have all had these moments where we feel like we are sliding into the deep dark abyss of desperation. I feel the same fear return.

I look out of the window.

STOP! I scream in my head.

I realise I’m on the edge of a psychological cliff and about to fall. 

In that moment of despair, I recall the agonising hour spent lying between those two rocks on what could have been my death bed. I remember that all I wanted was another shot to reach fulfilment. A chance to live my dreams.

I realise regardless of how hard I fight; I will still be in the hospital for a long time. Flying was my choice, it was incredible, I do not regret it. I realise I have a choice, hopelessness or a second chance.

I choose to accept the pain. I choose to find a purpose to recover. I choose my biggest dream, an overland expedition to climb Africa’s Biggest Mountains. I decided to focus on soaring again.

Realising I had a choice, changed my life. Making the choice to focus not on my problems but the solutions, my future, was the single, most powerful decision of my life. It still is.

Later that week my girlfriend Tarryn, who is now my wife, and I tacked an old map of Africa to the wall.

***

In the three years following my accident, my now-wife Tarryn and I built and lived our dream.

Following my choice to recover, exploring Africa with Tarryn became my purpose, my obsession. With Tarryn at my side and our dream to focus on, I stopped being concerned with my injuries and started imagining the possibilities if I could just recover. At the time I was still in a hospital bed and unable to move. There was a long way to go, but I was no longer concerned about that. The question was no longer if I would recover, but when would I recover.

Even with a strong mindset and rock-solid partner, recovery