Book Review
This is Your Life
No Apology Needed
by Terry Jean Taylor
By Maralyn D. Hill
M
any women spend so much
of their lives trying to
please others, they don’t
take time to please
themselves. They do not
necessarily realize that by taking
care of their own needs first, they
will have more to share willingly with
those who matter to them. Terry
Jean Taylor shows you how to dig
into the corners of your life, face
various aspects you may have
avoided and deal with them in
a reasonable manner in This is
Your Life: No Apology Needed.
Author Terry Jean Taylor’s book is
a work of several years in the
making, with many interviews and
revisions in order to capture what
she sees as this essence. It is a labor
of perseverance, determination and
most of all, love for living life to
its fullest.
Because it seeps into so many aspects
of one’s life, it is quite lengthy and
I suggest reading it in sections.
Some of the sections will resonate
immediately and you may think, “Yes,
that is exactly how I feel.” Other
sections may cause you to ponder
and wonder if you could undertake
her suggestions and solutions. There
will probably be sections that you
say, “I could never do or want to do
that.” All of these reactions are
good, as they help make you aware
of what you do by choice, guilt, or
inertia. After all, This is Your Life:
No Apology Needed.
Another suggestion is to skip over
sections that seem to be challenging
at the present time and return to
them when you are ready. Sometimes,
it is easier to take one step at a
time. Terry poured so much thought
into covering a myriad of situations;
you have to deal with what you can
handle a little at a time. There are
a few readers who are ready to
steamroll ahead, but most prefer
to go slowly, thinking and planning.
Terry’s hope is that for what you do
by guilt or inertia, you re-evaluate
and determine what you want to do.
Those are choices you alone can
make. If you choose to keep your
same course, that is fine, when you
realize it is by your own choice.
The key to This is Your Life:
No Apology Needed is that it is
your life, and you have the power
to live it.
Terry Jean Taylor
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