Book Release - Kindle Edition

The most anticipated book on keeping love alive -Spread Some Love (Relationships 101) was released yesterday (April 11th 2008) as Amazon’s Kindle Edition. This irresistible volume joins previously published “The 5 Steps To Changing Your Life,” also written by John A. Andrews, founder of the Hollywood independent publishing company - Books That Will Enhance Your Life. Mr. Andrews, entrepreneur and visionary sees this as a way to get on board now rather than when “the train” gets crowded. Over 117,000 books can now be found at Amazon Kindle Store and will no doubt grow rapidly into millions. Spread Some Love paperback edition is scheduled for a Pre-Mother’s Day release and will retail for $19.95 US.

Spread Some Love (Relationships 101)

Many women love to see it in writing. To them it is like a commitment of your love – now and forever. As a writer I tend to be more adept at writing than speaking, so here’s one from my heart to hers.

Angel, I love you for who you are. I can’t stop looking at you; you’re more than a pleasure to behold. When you smile your lips not only move with the rhythm of your thoughts but your whole being gets into it.

When I look into your eyes I see a twinkle, and when you look back at me, in them I see the true color of love.

Today I reflected on how long and hard I’d searched, never knowing that I’d find someone like you. Now after so many years, you still possess my thoughts.

Thinking about you is automatic; the car you drive, its make and model, shows up everywhere I go. Your passionate love and desire engulfs me.

I’m so proud to be loved by you. When you walk it’s not a stroll but a stride filled with purpose and direction.

The sound of your voice…every syllable captivates me. I love the sweep of your shoulders, along with your gracious figure. Through the years you’re still as beautiful as can be. You’re more than a woman to me.

Now for the slight edge: Some might question “A love letter? It takes time to cohesively put all of those thoughts together” to her it may seem long but if you really love her it does not. First ask yourself “How much do I value this relationship?” and “Is this relationship priceless?

Women will spread love on when a man does something extra, or out of the norm to prove his love to her. They always seem to place more value in a flower, picked off the side of the road than a red roses purchased from the nearby florist. Prove love – do these things for her and this next topic takes on a whole new meaning.

- John A. Andrews

THE 5 STEPS TO CHANGING YOUR LIFE

Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest dreamers who ever lived, declared: “Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step."¹

I’m in my forties, and as you might imagine, scores of individuals have stepped into my life: some for a reason, some for a season and others for a lifetime. Some have talked the talk, some have walked the walk, and others have done both.

Each brought with them a reflection of the experiences — both good and bad — they’ve had along life’s way. They weren’t born the person they grew to become. Rather, day-by-day and year-by-year, they acquired their personal definition from the books they read and the people with whom they associated.

There’s truth to this maxim: “Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are.” If you hang out with bank robbers you could end up driving the getaway car, and if you associate with pigs, you’ll soon be rolling in the mud. Kids who wind up in gangs join them primarily to fulfill a need for community, and soon, they prey on society to support that community and attain identity within the group. Through con-version to Christianity, though, a gang-banger can dust himself off to lead a church or become a mentor to struggling youth.

Paul, once a persecutor of Christians, encountered a changed life on the road to Damascus when struck by a bright light from heaven. Following three days of blindness, he regained his sight by the hand of a disciple named Ananias, and immediately turned his life around, preaching Jesus as the Son of God (Acts 9:1-20).

So, yes, you can change your life and, yes, you can become the person you desire to become. Is it going to be easy? Probably not; effective change is not a Jack and the Beanstalk scenario. It’s more like a seasonal transition. During autumn, leaves die and fall to the ground before winter steps in, and like the seasons, change is a process. Real change doesn’t happen over night.

Becoming who you want to become is going to take work, as does raising a child, building a successful marriage, getting a degree or mastering a craft. Is it possible? It has been done. Can you do it? Only if you think you can. Will you lift yourself up by your own boot straps? Leaders aren’t born; they are made. Is change worth the effort? Real change starts on the inside. “You cannot travel within and stand still without.”² Your greatest achievement was at first, and for some time, just a thought.

One thing is for sure: If you grasp and apply these five steps that I’m about to give you, not only will you climb to insurmountable heights in your life and career, but you’ll also have more joy, more friends, more love, more money, more passion and a deep sense of spiritual and intellectual satisfaction.

As your guide, it’s imperative that I prepare you with simple guidelines. Upon receiving the idea to write this book, inspirational thoughts flooded my mind, allowing me to complete its first draft in one week. To get the most out of it, you need passion, blended with a burning desire to change your life.

If you’re ready to take on the world, you should read this book in its entirety before you go to bed. Do not create a dam; as a stream of water desires to reach the ocean, so train yourself to do likewise. Once you’ve finished reading, re-read the five steps as a refresher course. I’ll see you at the summit of life’s staircase.

- John A. Andrews

Protecting Your Thought Source

The original sources of our drinking water are always heavily guarded and protected from intrusion and contaminants. People protect their bodies from the weather and other elements. And yet, few take the time to protect their thought source — the mind.

Imagine your best friend comes over to visit one day, and in his hands are two heavy bags. You offer him a seat, and then sit on your recliner and adjust it to a comfortable position. “What’s in the bags?” you ask. He immediately opens one of them and deposits its contents, full of grime and filth, onto your nice clean carpet. As your nostrils react to the stench, he opens the other bag. Do you encourage him to dump more contaminants into your habitat? Of course not.

So, consider this example in terms of your mind. How do you treat the situation if a friend dumps garbage into your thought source? Do you say, “Thank you very much for the pollutants; could you please deposit some more?” or do you put the breaks on his toxin distribution extravaganza?

- John A. Andrews

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