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A review by sydschamay
What If It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate by Nicole Zasowski
4.0
A solid 4-star read to start off the new year!
As someone who often falls into ruts of melancholy and has trouble truly savoring life's goodness, I am very glad this "celebration as discipline" theme is being resurrected in Christian nonfiction. Zasowski's personal narrative and expertise as a restoration therapist added rich insight.
Two takeaways:
- The "if I didn't earn it, I don't get to celebrate it" mentality is incompatible with Scripture. Every good thing is from the Lord, and our celebration is worship.
- Celebration should not just be for endings but also points of progress. This allows us to celebrate the work God is doing without the need to "protect" ourselves with cynicism.
I still believe that "Aggressively Happy" by Joy Clarkson tops this very niche sub-genre, but if you're looking for more on the topic from an LMFT perspective, this a great next read.
As someone who often falls into ruts of melancholy and has trouble truly savoring life's goodness, I am very glad this "celebration as discipline" theme is being resurrected in Christian nonfiction. Zasowski's personal narrative and expertise as a restoration therapist added rich insight.
Two takeaways:
- The "if I didn't earn it, I don't get to celebrate it" mentality is incompatible with Scripture. Every good thing is from the Lord, and our celebration is worship.
- Celebration should not just be for endings but also points of progress. This allows us to celebrate the work God is doing without the need to "protect" ourselves with cynicism.
I still believe that "Aggressively Happy" by Joy Clarkson tops this very niche sub-genre, but if you're looking for more on the topic from an LMFT perspective, this a great next read.