Faith Lifting Prayers

<p>Best selling author on beauty and wellness and TV host Gregory Landsman was born in Apartheid South Africa and was beaten bullied and abused daily for simply being himself. </p><p>Taking us across the globe from South Africa to India from Switzerland to Australia Gregory shares his stories of searching for meaning and his prayers along the way to find fulfilment self acceptance and a happy life.</p><p><em>Faith Lifting Prayers</em> will inspire you to live your best life. It is a book that will make you laugh and cry as you journey with the author to discover the best of yourself and celebrate the goodness and value you bring to the world and those around you. </p><p><em>Faith Lifting Prayers</em> is road map to learning forgiveness and finding true self acceptance and joy. It is a book for anyone who has ever wanted to feel they are loved and valuable for who they are...just as they are. </p><p><strong><em>Excerpt from Faith Lifting Prayers</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>Grant me the courage to face myself </em></p><p><em>And to give myself the permission to use my voice </em></p><p><em>For so many years </em></p><p><em>My inadequacy has bound my tongue </em></p><p><em>Inhibited my speech </em></p><p><em>And the things that I have wanted to say </em></p><p><em>Have been stuck in my throat </em></p><p><em>Words that needed to be heard </em></p><p><em>Lose their way on my tongue </em></p><p><em>So I swallow the words that are lost </em></p><p><em>And try to find new ones I feel anxiety </em></p><p><em>As people try to complete my sentences </em></p><p><em>Wanting a sentence to slip through my lips </em></p><p><em>But somehow it clings to my teeth </em></p><p><em>My words are drowned out</em></p><p><em>By fear of being judged and laughed at </em></p><p><em>But I have a voice that needs to be heard </em></p><p><em>We all do </em></p><p><em>As my voice finds its way </em></p><p><em>From my heart to my lips </em></p><p><em>And to the ears that are listening </em></p><p><em>May it be nourished and shaped by self-acceptance </em></p><p><em>I give thanks for my ability to speak my truth </em></p><p><em>And even though it isn't as smooth as I would like it to be </em></p><p><em>It is my voice and I own it </em></p><p><em>My words belong to me </em></p><p><em>And I will no longer judge how they leave my mouth </em></p><p><em>But bless them because they belong to me </em></p><p><em>Thank you </em></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Hardcover with dust jacket)</p>