MY JOURNEY FROM HOMELESS TO ABUNDANCE

A man transforms his life after hitting rock bottom in this inspirational memoir and self-help manual.

Things were going great for debut author Harding; after a long and successful career in corporate consulting, he was able to retire and invest his money in real estate. When the real estate market crashed, he suddenly lost everything and found himself homeless in 2011. Stunned and angry, Harding lived in an abandoned house without water or electricity, and these dire circumstances made him feel hopeless and led him to blame others for his plight, he says. However, Harding also asserts that this unexpected hardship was the catalyst for monumental change in his life. By suddenly becoming homeless, he says, he discovered a new way of looking at the world: “If I took the position that I was here because of my reactions to events and decisions I had made in my past then all I had to do was make different decisions and my life could change.” This simple shift in perspective gave him a new life, he says—one full of gratitude and spiritual faith. (Readers of New Age literature will be familiar with the manner in which he takes esoteric concepts, such as quantum physics and universal law, and relates them to personal change.) Even in the face of extreme scarcity, Harding effectively emphasizes that being grateful for what one has can be a powerful force: “An attitude of gratitude is the connection between our desires and the manifestation of them into our life.” In a direct, sincere manner, Harding encourages readers to “own [their] greatness” through consistent mindfulness practices, and his book includes daily manifestation practices as examples. Its chapters quickly convey the book’s earnest messages, such as “Creating by Choosing—Consciously.” The book is relatively compact at only 62 pages in length, but readers of self-help books will likely find that it packs an emotional punch.

An often powerful guidebook for conquering adversity.