Summer offers the perfect time to go dive into interesting stories and dig into inspirational books. There are millions of books, new releases, and classics, which you can read during your summer holiday. Books change your perspective in life, so take your time to pick the best books. Here are five books to consider.
A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live
If you feel like you are not creative enough or like you do not have much to offer to the world, this is the book for you. We all get to that point where we feel like we are not doing much in our lives or enough for the community. This book by Emily P. Freeman shows you that you were born to create art. You may not consider yourself an artist, but in a million little ways, you can make art. You can make poetry, sculptors, conversations, calligraphy, or many more.
Emily notes that you can create a meaningful life without the need to find the one great thing you can do the best, but by doing what God made you do in the best ways possible. The book shows you that what you do matters, and you have to do it in a way that glorifies God.
Take Charge: The Skills That Drive Professional Success
Normal Bacal created this book as a map showing you where to head when you find yourself at crossroads in your career. The book draws experience from more than 20 professionals who have ever found themselves at a point where they had to make tough decisions about their career and their life. There are experiences from lawyers and accountants among other professionals pointing you in the right direction.
The Norman Bacal Take Charge book is for professionals just starting their careers, college students looking to build a career, and people who feel like they are stagnating in their careers. Learn from the best so that you can make the best decisions to move to the next step.
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
Have you been struggling to give or receive love? Bob Goff, in this book, offers you advice on how to live your love life the Christ way. Bob is not a pastor or a preacher and the book talks nothing about repentance or holiness. However, it draws several lessons from the love of Jesus Christ and the importance of offering authentic love towards others.
Bob believes that a simple concept of love can change your world. In his book, he notes that instead of trying to find the right answers or having people check all the boxes to receive love, you could just show love to your neighbors heartily and shamelessly. Although the book is full of biblical teachings, he talks about ordinary everyday life more in this book.
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
A book by Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect, is an invitation to people to live in the now even as they wait for the perfect life. It introduces a new way of life; a life of grace, silence, rest, prayer, and connection with the people that matter the most in your life. Shauna says that the book is a reflection of her life and the journey it has taken her to be where she is. She has transformed from exhaustion to peace, from hustling to multitasking, and much more. She invites all readers to take the journey with her and find fulfillment in the little everyday things in life.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Brené Brown is a research professor who has spent the last decade studying vulnerability, courage, shame, worthiness, and love. She is a popular TED speaker with several books on life, love, and everything in between. In Daring Greatly, Brown explores what courage is made of and what roles vulnerability and shame play in helping us build our courage. She plays a traveler and a mapmaker in the book, guiding you through embracing your vulnerability and shame to lead a better life.
There are many more books to read, but start with these five and see how your outlook on life changes for the better.
