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A review by samanthajfiles
Come Matter Here: Your Invitation to Be Here in a Getting There World by Hannah Brencher
5.0
This book reads like a memoir and pep talk all at the same time. Hannah writes of moving cities when she turned 25. The transition leads her to a new city, knowing no one, but desperately wanting community. We all experience transitions like this and I loved getting to hear Hannahs insight from her life. She reminds me that community is key and is made in the small moments- helping put together furniture, watching the Bachelor, reading scripture, mourning with those who mourn, and celebrating the big and small things. This story was relatable, vulnerable, and full of sweet reminders.
some good quotes:
“I’m learning that life isn’t about the destinations we can boast about getting to; it’s about all the walking in between that feels pointless when you try to take a picture of it because no one will understand it like you do. It’s the in between stuff that fleshes out a story—gives it guts and transformation.”
“I think our purpose is to just show up to the moment we’ve been invited into, the moments other people ask us to come and inhabit with them. We get to be mile markers and cheerleaders. We get to hold signs. We get to have so much purpose when we just look around.”
some good quotes:
“I’m learning that life isn’t about the destinations we can boast about getting to; it’s about all the walking in between that feels pointless when you try to take a picture of it because no one will understand it like you do. It’s the in between stuff that fleshes out a story—gives it guts and transformation.”
“I think our purpose is to just show up to the moment we’ve been invited into, the moments other people ask us to come and inhabit with them. We get to be mile markers and cheerleaders. We get to hold signs. We get to have so much purpose when we just look around.”