BOOK REVIEW OF ‘MY JOURNEY TOWARDS LIGHT’
Volume 1

To be completely honest, my intention of buying this book was to support my close friend, fellow light-worker and spiritual sister, in any way I can. To put it mildly, I was very surprised by the book. I had expected to read about poignant but inspiring revelations as Janine is very highly spiritual and is doing really well on the enlightened path, so that was not what surprised me. What I did not expect was the effect it had on me. It brought up many of my own fears about marriage.

You see, I am a child of divorced parents, not only that, I am also an adult child of an alcoholic (ACOA) and a survivor of gender-based violence. My father was a womanizer as well. I say ‘was’ not because he is dead but because I don’t know where he is so I don’t know whether he still is the ‘bad’ husband that he previously was.

All kinds of conflicting emotions ran through me as I read this book, when she discovered that her husband loved someone else, I felt like I could almost feel all my fears coming back, of being in the same situation, like a claw squeezing my heart so that for a few seconds I found it difficult to breathe. I felt so sad and somewhat angry, when she tried to change herself to please her husband because there was a point of time, I did the same. When something goes wrong in a marriage, it’s usually the woman who will be blamed first. This has been drilled into us from young by a patriarchal society. But I felt very humbled, when at the end, her final decision did not keep her bitter and insecure forever. Instead, it gave her courage to honor her true self and remain loving and strong.

My husband (of 18 years)’s job frequently takes him out of the state and overseas and he often comes home really late at night. All that said, he still finds time to do special things for me, no matter how much I complain, he still loves me unconditionally. But then again, although the spiritual side of me has learnt to trust a bit more, the human side occasionally wonders, ‘what if . . .?’ Reading this book, I am determined, now, to look at things more positively, to open my heart fully, to push this part of my human side completely off the proverbial cliff and fly free!

Dedicated to all the women out there who know what I am talking about, here are some of the lessons I learnt from ‘My Journey Towards Light’:

Focus on the positive and not the negative, if not you WILL attract the negative – what wonderful things do you have going for your marriage right now?

• You must learn to love and respect yourself first if you are looking for everlasting love – are you able to love yourself? If not, how then would you be able to love someone else and be loved in return?

• Perfectionism prevents you from growing and learning – do you remember the times when you are pleasantly surprised at how things turned out because you had no expectation of how things should or shouldn’t be?

There are many more interesting lessons but, you’ll have to read the book. Written in simple down-to earth language, ‘My Journey towards Light’ paints a beautiful picture of hope, of new opportunities, of healing and transformation. But don’t take my word for it, read t he book and fully experience the wonderful empowering love that is Janine. . . . and start your own journey towards light!

‘MY JOURNEY TOWARDS LIGHT’ paints a beautiful picture of hope, new opportunities & healing.