Was a beautiful quick read. Body positive and world positive. Really eye opening to what is currently going on in the world and what we can perhaps do differently to chance the way those we think of ourselves. Highly encourage. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I really enjoyed the poems in this book and found them to be really thoughtful. The topics in them really cause you to take a moment and reflect. The format of the poems are easy to read and there are even beautiful photos inside to go along with it. This is a great read for everyone who wants to take a moment and reflect.

This collection of poetry fits strongly in the recent "motivational statements with extra line breaks" school of poetry, which to be fully transparent is not a style of poetry that really interests me. The topics the author writes on (civility, restorative justice, kindness, leadership) are all really important and all needed more in our society, but the delivery just didn't work for me. You can see this juxtaposition of theme and form in the beginning of 'ON WORKPLACE INCIVILITY':

Demoralizing, demeaning, unnecessary and destructive
No wonder 74 percent of american workers report being
disengaged at work. Absenteeism, presenteeism,
low morale, high turnover, and anemic productivity.
27 percent of workers would be willing to
sell their company data systems logins and passwords.
And see at what price? One-third
would settle for as little as $100. Is this the casualty of
disengagement or the revenge of incivility?

Important topic, but just didn't work for me as poetry.

I appreciate the author’s use of poetry to explore life and share a positive message. Quite a unique use of verse, and often unexpected.

Appreciate the collection of thoughts as a stream-of-consciousness type of musing on the topic of communication and civility. Did not find anything necessarily profound, but certainly important topics to consider, especially if one hasn't. Not one who could appreciate the form of poetry enough to know whether this was well-written.

I wanted to read this book based on the synopsis, but reading it felt more like stream of consciousness ramblings on a given topic. It read like brainstorming. Apologies, but this one wasn’t for me.