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The question is asked, "Where do our thoughts and feelings and behaviors come from?" How is it that we find ourselves in situations that just should not have occurred? Is it possible to change the way we feel, our thinking patterns and even the behaviors that sever us from relationships that we had cherished and even needed? Is it helpful to blame others for the way we are, or is it better to bury our heads in the sand, so to speak, and pretend that we are OK, and it's the world that's all wrong?

Regardless of where you might find yourself in life, please know that there has always been a set-up; there has always been some previous experience(s) that set you on a path to where you are, positive or negative. Understanding the cause of your feelings, thoughts and behaviors, and being willing to work through those negative experiences, can give you the power and permission to remove the negative emotions from your memories, thus eliminating the negative results in your life. It can provide you with gratitude toward those who contributed to your successes and the wisdom to recognize that all of your experiences have made you who you are.

If you find yourself on a negative pathway with your relationships crumbling, addictions controlling you, angry or tearful outbursts occurring at the drop of a hat, the inability to hold onto a career or job, being repeatedly in trouble with the law or incarcerated, your physical health diminishing, living with a "poor me" or negative mindset, and blaming everyone else and everything else for your predicaments, this book is for you.

Perhaps you are a parent, a close relative, a pastor, or someone just trying to help someone whose life is going in the wrong direction to turn around. You might find yourself in the position where you just don't know what to do, and because you are a religious person you think that convincing that person to read the Bible, follow God, pray, or subscribe to a certain religion will do the trick. Inevitably, you will be disappointed with the outcome.

You see, the truth is that God is ALWAYS the power for positive change and for turning a life around, but there is also always an obstacle to being able to clearly see the light of God's goodness and mercy as well as His ability and desire to transform a life. That obstacle creates a shadow, and most often we live in the shadow of that obstacle. Removing the obstacle, taking the negativity away from the obstacle and the experiences of life that create the shadow, allows us to see the light of God's goodness and turn life toward a relationship with Him.

If you just want to understand where you are, how you got there, and how you can make positive changes in your life, this book is also for you. If you find yourself alone and lonely, and wish that someone understood your plight and could be the confidant that you need, you just may find your solutions here. Let's begin at life's beginnings and discover how all of mankind has been set up—how, as individuals, we can move toward peace, joy, love and change, from covering up to fessing up and living up to the full potential that we were created to experience.