- Richelle
Book Share: Don't Settle for Safe
Being that I am an avid reader and an author, one of my favorite apps on my phone is Scribd. I recently listened to Laila Ali’s podcast which featured Sarah Jakes Roberts. Click here to listen. The interview prompted me to quickly search for reviews on Sarah's latest book, “Don’t Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable”.

I follow Sarah on Instagram and I often read her blog posts, I've read many (if not all of her posts) so I thought I was going to be reading a book filled with information I already knew. On the contrary, the book was more than just a book informing me about why I need to step into my gift. Through her words, Sarah helped me to get a new step in my stride. She got me all the way together with her candid insights and references to her past. A flame has been reignited in a fire within me that had started to go out. Sometimes the battles we fight in life feel like they are customized for us. It isn’t until someone like Sarah comes along and is willing to open up and allow others to see that the life they live isn’t perfect either. I’ve come to learn that many times we overlook the fact that what truly connects us to others is our experiences. Many of which may have been painful. Like Sarah, have been married and I am a divorced mom of two. Though she is now remarried and is navigating through a new sector of her life, I found myself relating to her struggle of how to balance learning lessons from the past while letting go of it at the same time. Carving a path for your life isn’t easy when you strive to be a person that pleases others, being a “people pleaser” is a tough deficit that takes much self reflection and honesty to overcome. How do I know? I am a recovering “people pleaser” myself. For almost all of my life I struggled with how I would utter the word NO if I didn’t want to do something. The only people that would possibly attest to that statement are my sons. (Sorry guys! Telling y’all no is a piece of cake.) :-)
