Darren Carpenter is running from his love of Samuel and his future as the Coimeádaí of a Sandman. Samuel Tolliver just wants what he wants and is willing to raise a little mischief to get it. Dailon knows he is more than human but has no clue what he is or what he needs. But the Fates have a plan for them, even if family, friends, and fairy royalty must get involved. When everything goes wrong, can they make it right again?
Throughout our lives, we have all had big dreams, ambitious ideas, and burning hopes. However, reality often presents us with challenges and obstacles that force us to change our plans and reconsider our expectations. The Broken Dreams Club was born from this context: a place where we explore stories of people who, despite seeing their dreams shattered, found a way to get back up, reinvent themselves, and find new meaning. The stories collected in this book are not only testimonies of disappointments, but also of resilience, humor and wisdom. Through these stories, we want to show how broken dreams can become opportunities for growth and transformation, and how irony and laughter can accompany us even in the most difficult moments. Each story is a journey through the experiences of ordinary people who, like many of us, have faced the collapse of their aspirations and have had to deal with reality. Life, with its ups and downs, teaches us that even in the moments of greatest discouragement, we can find a guiding light. The secret is in the way we choose to respond to adversity: with resilience, creativity and, sometimes, a pinch of irony. It is in moments of failure that we discover our true strengths, and often, these same moments become the foundation on which to build new dreams and new opportunities. Welcome to the Broken Dreams Club , where every dream, even if broken, contributes to building a unique mosaic of experiences and teachings. Here, I celebrate inner strength, the ability to adapt, and the beauty of second chances. Each chapter is a testimony of how, through sharing and reflection, we can transform our falls into springboards to new goals. Be inspired by the stories of those who have found light in the shadows and transformed difficulties into new possibilities. In this journey together, we will discover that true victory lies not in realizing every dream, but in finding meaning and joy in every step of our journey.
Meet Andy. He's a struggling musician, a dreamer with a beat-up Corsa and a heart full of melodies. His life is a symphony of ups and downs, a chaotic composition of rent struggles, unrequited love, and gigs in dimly lit bars. But through it all, Andy finds solace in his car, a trusty companion that reflects his ever-changing aspirations. As Andy navigates the twists and turns of life, he trades in his trusty Corsa for a more stable Volvo, a symbol of his desire for a predictable rhythm. But as the Volvo's comfort begins to feel like a cage, he impulsively purchases a convertible, yearning for the freedom of the open road. This story is a testament to the human spirit, a celebration of resilience and the enduring power of dreams. It's a reminder that even the most mundane vehicle can become a symbol of hope, a vessel for the pursuit of a life that sings. So, grab your keys, turn up the radio, and get ready to join Andy on a journey that's as unpredictable as life itself. After all, in the grand scheme of things, it's not the car that matters – it's the journey and the stories we tell along the way.
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. As Booklist has proclaimed, “Many journalists have written fine boxing pieces, but none has written as extensively or as memorably as Thomas Hauser. . . . Hauser remains the current champion of boxing. . . . Hauser is a treasure.” Broken Dreams meets this high standard with its coverage of 2020’s most important fighters and fights, outside-the-ring controversies, regulatory missteps, and other issues that defined the year’s boxing scene. Hauser explores the heavyweight trio of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder in depth, as well as Canelo Álvarez and historic greats like Jack Dempsey, Carlos Monzon, and Muhammad Ali. Hauser also tackles the larger social challenges that imposed themselves so assertively in 2020, including the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, runaway social media, the presidential election, and other forces that left a deep imprint on the sport and business of boxing.
Have you ever felt like you do not belong here? Like this world is not your home? If so, you will identify with the author as she shares deep questions she pondered from childhood. After a series of tragic events, followed by years of grief, Rose finds answers given by the Lord that are both comforting and encouraging. The Lord imparts these insights using the analogy of each of our lives to our heavenly home. Although all homes have similar rooms with similar purposes, their design and furnishings are different. In the same way, many lessons are universal, yet we are still each unique and in need of the Lord's words spoken to us individually. Throughout this book, Rose shares universal lessons while encouraging others to seek God's words to them alone. The good news, given to all of us, is that in God's kingdom, there is a place for every...one.
Battling for her life, a woman faces homelessness during a time of gang wars and riots. In the midnight hour of her life, she finds a strength beyond her own to turn her hopeless case into a case for hope. Chari, feeling let down and pushed aside by family, finds refuge with Joey, a man harboring a shadowy past. Together they journey to the West Coast, pursuing their dreams for a better life. When the city erupts in violent riots and gang wars, Chari’s job vanishes. The same week, Joey ends up in the emergency room. With nowhere to go, Chari sleeps on the emergency room floor. Somehow Joey ends up in the morgue. The attendant there panics when the body bag he was lifting begins to move. Though Joey survives, their joyful reunion doesn’t last long. In a city rife with tension, Chari faces the lowest of lows, until something greater leads this hopeless woman to a new life.
How much does Time and Circumstance have to do with the design of our lives? Could people who are celebrities now perhaps have led undistinguished lives under other circumstances, in another time? And vice-versa...' Street of Broken Dreams attempts to examine that question. Another question examined is this... Could one of the great villains of History...if approached at the right time and place...could he have reformed himself before it was too late? But more, this novel follows four fascinating personalities as they try to meet the challenges described above inside the Nazi Germany of 1939. Unexpectedly, Albert Einstein comes to play a key role in everything... But it is all acted out on the stage of the world...the drama of life and death and destiny. Whose result affects us all. Then and in the foreseeable future...
It has been thirty years since Agnes last visited the country of her birth and upbringing. While it is at the request of her aging, narcissistic mother, she has her own reasons for making the journey to Australia from her home on Mallorca. Something has blighted her life since childhood. Something has cast such a long shadow over her existence that her ability to grasp at life fully, to appreciate her own sense of self-worth, to attain any semblance of happiness, to trust without reservation, has been damaged. Those whom she chooses, and who choose her, seem to want only to exploit her. Having undergone a long period of psychotherapy, Agnes can now return to re-experience the places that featured in her youth in the hope that burning questions will be answered, haunting mysteries solved, and buried memories let out into the light… This is the vibrant, heartening, and often amusing tale of a buoyant and irrepressible woman whose natural energy and determination continue to drive her forward. Having reached middle age, she is determined to grapple with - and heal - the ills that have beset her.
“Broken dreams” sounds so hollow. There’s something you desperately want but can’t have. Is there purpose in your pain? Sheridan Voysey—a man who walked through the wilderness—says “yes.” He makes a comparison of the Jews’ biblical wilderness journey to the wilderness we find ourselves in when we are empty and desperately asking God, “Why?” God uses these times to teach us about ourselves and reveal Himself to us. So even when God says “no,” you can trust that He will walk with you during your darkest moments and offer His hope for your future.
Michael Eigen is widely regarded as a significant and increasingly influential figure in contemporary psychoanalysis. This collection of papers, by contributors in the USA, Israel, Australia and South Africa, reveal how his works yield creative and generative possibilities with profound clinical and cultural implications. Writers include well-known authors such as Mark Epstein, Anthony Molino and Brent Potter. The papers are divided into three sections: Reflections (psychoanalytic and philosophical concerns, such as Heidegger, the Hindu Goddess Kali, Buddhism, the sense of Time); Refractions (clinical implications, papers on murder and aliveness, the nature of the analytic interaction, addiction and work with the mother-infant relationship), and Responses (personal impacts of his works, as well as poetry and the thoughts of a creative writer on Eigen's oeuvre). There are also papers on the experience of supervision with Michael Eigen as well as on his weekly seminars on Bion, Winnicott and Lacan, ongoing for more than forty years, in New York.
