Christopher Morley

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley

Reflections

 

Book Review

"I looked forward to reading “Reflections: A Journey of Transformation,” by Afarin Rava. Her earlier memoir, “Languages & Life Lessons,” shared with readers her life growing up in a family that moved often, not to another part of a town or state but to new countries with new languages and cultures. She intersperses these memories with lessons she learned.

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Her new book “Reflections” is a continuation of her life. And it’s not always joyful. 

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This is an astounding book of one woman’s ability to turn what could have left her a victim into a life of success and gratitude. I highly recommend it to all. And I look forward to reading part 3 of Afarin’s amazing life."

Calvin Coolidge

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
Calvin Coolidge 

Book Review

 

Julia Glass

"When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be."
Julia Glass

Patterned Sky

One day, around midday, I stepped out of my cabin and looked up, and the sky looked like this:

 

New Studio Project

In Reflections: A Journey of Transformation, I wrote:

"As the hot water soothed my sore muscles, I decided to create a blog and document every step of what seemed to be a long and painful process." 

And so I did.

https://newstudioproject.blogspot.com/

Roy T. Bennett

“When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.”
Roy T. Bennett

Two Memoirs

 

Rumi

 

A Journey of Transformation

When you leave everything behind and seek refuge in an unfamiliar place, not knowing what to expect, you learn, adapt, reflect, and grow... and sometimes you are fortunate enough to have the ability to write a book about it.

Reflections: A Journey of Transformation 
https://www.amazon.com/reflections-journey-transformation-Afarin-Rava-ebook/dp/B0B33RN2Z4

Accused, threatened, homeless, and hunted, Afarin leaves behind her life as she knows it, the life she has worked so hard to build, and goes to the woods to take refuge in the wilderness. Now, she has to learn to survive, and learn she does.

This book is a memoir about the author's four years in the woods: how she makes sense of the events of her life, how she demystifies words, and how her transformation catches her by surprise.

Steve Jobs

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."
Steve Jobs

Book Review

 

L&LL

 

Reflections

 

Ana Claudia Antunes

"Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds."
Ana Claudia Antunes

Reflections

 

Chiggers

Do you know what chiggers are? 
I didn't know about them until I moved to the woods in Arkansas.
Chigger was one of the first new words I learned and one of the first close encounters I had in the Natural State.
I have a chapter titled "Chiggers" in my memoir Reflections.
A picture is worth a thousand words, right?
Here's my left leg about two weeks after I arrived at my cabin in the woods: 

Arkansas - June 2018

Martha Graham

"Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."
Martha Graham

From UK

 

Reflections

 

Watermelon

This is my first gardening experience in Arkansas (2018). I planted watermelons...

 

L&LL

 

Donald Miller

“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
Donald Miller

Reflections

 

A Short Introduction

In my first memoir, Languages & Life Lessons, in a chapter titled "English Versions" I write:

"A series of unfortunate incidents led me to a cabin in the woods in Arkansas in 2018. Living in the woods was nothing like living in a city, and Arkansas was only four states east but so different than California."

My second memoir, Reflections: A Journey of Transformation, sheds some light on my move and my four years in the woods.

https://www.amazon.com/reflections-journey-transformation-Afarin-Rava-ebook/dp/B0B33RN2Z4

Book Review

 

Book Review

 

Nature

I see all kinds of animals during my walks. 

Some are just beautiful.

 

Reflections