My Heart Has Wings: 52 Empowering Reflections on Living, Learning and Loving.
Kris King

When reading this book King’s dedication to her family and helping others empower themselves is obvious.. She writes with heart and intelligence while giving readers easy help to apply when facing life’s roller coaster. King is also the founder and CEO of WINGS, which she references frequently in her book. It is a company helping individuals as well as groups discover their own personal growth.. Her experiences and work help her know just how to reach others. She writes, “My whole life changed when I changed one behavior. I started giving clearly what I wanted most to receive love and respect. You are your own most exquisite and precious gift. By sharing yourself with others, your gifts are released and all are enriched immeasurably.”

She gives examples and details of her life in a way that helps others find encouragement. Readers might find themselves going over words in this book and realize they identify with something. King explains, “Larger than life and much larger than any bold print, because the sentence is almost like a collision – thoughts, perceptives, feelings, insights and understanding coming together all at once. The pieces of a puzzle fall into place (you might not have even known you were missing a piece!), and you have a profound sense of clarity, a lightness of being, an expansion of your consciousness. In that moment everything hanged. Aren’t we incredible! Seemingly unrelated information and events coming together, creating insight and the potential for simple and profound courses of action that can add great meaning and experience to our lives. These times are truly times to savor and to be thankful for.”

“My Heart Has Wings” is a book that can be read repeatedly. The writer has designed it to help uplift the reader in whatever ways needed. She even gives five suggestions on how to use the book. One she mentions is, “The photos in this book are mostly mine, taken on my trips, in my garden, and of my family and participants. They are paired with quotes that open the door to each article. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I hope this combination engages your senses, as they have mine.” The chapters are short and as she explains they are more like articles with special quotes adding to the experience. Each chapter or article is followed by a special reflections section. It is a way to reflect on the article and how readers relate to the message. Questions to ponder include:  “Have you ever wanted to ‘pull the covers over your head’ and not get up? Hoping ‘it’ would all just go away? What were the ‘its’?”, “How did you feel about yourself in that moment when they didn’t ‘get it,’ and how did you feel about them?”  These could be answered differently each time they are read depending on the reader’s thoughts or situation at the moment.