It’s not really much a riddle
as it is an
A S S U R E D I T Y :
What’s the opposite of Black Friday?
ILLUMINATED FRIDAY!
by the bucket full
and sadly
here’s my humble
attempt at trying to
not so much illuminate
your Black Friday
but also to
bring a glow into
the-quickly-coming-New Year ahead. . .
I first self-published The Candle Maker in 2001 and my publisher thought it would be a great idea to come up with a hardback anniversary version of it for this upcoming year of 2021 EARLY for those who might want to give it for a Christmas gift. . .A little schmaltzy, huh, especially when the real reason I wanted to self-publish this “HELP-SELF” book was to not so much have as much command over the total process of publication/distribution (it wasn’t for the $$$ because I’ve spent more making it than selling it) but mostly so that I could literally GIVE IT AWAY!
I give out copies of this book for two of the professional presentations I do:
BURNT OUT IS BURNT OUT and WHAT’S THE USE(S). . .
So here’s the pitch from AMAZON itself which is offering the Hardback and the Paperback:
The Candle Maker Hardcover – March 1, 2001
by Chuck Behrens (Author)5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating
This book quite possibly just might not be for you. Don’t be fooled by it’s length. If you’re looking for quick fixes, add water and presto actions, snap of the finger results and all with blink-of-the-eye fastness, this book just might not be for you. However, if you walk with this book three times a day, every day for the next twelve months, you’ll be able to run in the years following with renewed, purposeful steps and in ways this or no other book will ever be able to predict. So this just might prove that the best things in life are not instantaneous…at least not this.
This is not a ‘how-to’ or a ‘self-help’ book either. It’s more of a ‘help-self’ and a ‘want-to’ book. Unfortunately, purchasing this book won’t accomplish the task for which you have purchased it. No magical osmosis process here whereby you gain vast amounts of insight or wisdom merely by having the book or holding it a certain way for a certain amount of time at certain parts of the day. Apply yourself first to it and it will more than apply itself back to you.
And one last word: WARNING! This will cost you who you are for what you could become. . .not in a sprint, but rather, during the marathon this encourages you to perform. For the next 364 days live the capacity you are entitled and have been granted. Become like warmed wax that feeds the wick its eternal life source so that you may ultimately be molded–not hardened–but ever remained moldable again and again….
Once upon a time and for ever more learn, know that you can burn the candle at both ends and in the middle because you’ll know FINALLY where to get the wax and the wick and more, you’ll actually be inspired to go and do it.
The World
now more than in our lifetimes
seems more dark
more of a
BLACK FRIDAY
more of a whispy shadow
of what we’d like or
need it to be
without a completed sale
than ever before
and even back as I was writing this book
and self-publishing it
MY GOAL
then
and especially now
WAS TO NEVER TO BE A CANDLE SNUFFER
so much as a
FLAME SHARER
A LIGHT GIVER
with the powerful daily reminder of
Fully knowing that
the flicker I bring
only gets brighter with
the flicker you bring
and brighter still
when joined with
the flicker others bring
so purchased book or not
potential Christmas gift or not
JOIN ME
(Psssssssssssssssssssssssst:
Next Friday’s Blog Post will share the
FIRST CANDLE MAKER’S LESSON
to give you a head start for the New Year)
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