Fall Focus on the Positive: Nature and Books

So much is happening in our world today that we thought everyone, including ourselves, could benefit from focusing on the positive. So we created a blog series for this Fall to help relieve some stress and instill joy, hope and contentment, even in rocky circumstances. Sit back—or lounge—and enjoy our first entry.

Nature

Take your mind of off everything and find serenity in the beauty of nature.

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Or the ap “Relaxing Sounds” for Android, also free.

Books

Escape to another place with a good book.

Try one of these Best Sellers:

Think Like a Monk. Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.

The Restaurant. Mandy, Emma and Jill are as close as three sisters who live hundreds of miles apart can be. They grew up together on Nantucket, but Mandy is the only one that stayed.

The 5 Love Languages. Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse’s primary love language—quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch.

Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah. The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed

Where the Crawdads Sing. is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.

The Indigo Girl. In 1739, a 16-year-old Eliza strikes a dangerous deal to learn the secret process of making indigo dye to save her family’s three plantations.

This Tender Land. The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.