arcdejoan 's review for:

Into the Magic Shop by James R. Doty

5.0

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This book truly does empower you to open up your mind and heart. A lot of the time I’m anxious about how compassionate i can be towards others or how much emotion i show over things but now reading this book, it doesn’t bother me as much. It made me want to continue to just be the person who strives to have an open heart and mind, and now i feel that i can go further in that aspect. “It can hurt to go through life with your heart open but not as much as it does to go through life with your heart closed.” “There’s no shame in caring or feeling someone else’s pain. It is beautiful and, i think, why we are all here in this life together.” Be compassionate and understanding to the best of your abilities, it will make your life rough at times but in the end it will have all been worth it.