A review by kristincarlton
What If It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate by Nicole Zasowski

5.0

What If It’s Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski is an incredible book that explores the ways that we hold fast to fear and try to protect ourselves from disappointment and pain through cynicism and a hesitancy to hope and celebrate. But at what cost? “What has your pain cost you?” is a question that the author wrestled with herself and now asks her readers to ponder as well. She then dives in to the beauty of letting go of our fear and finding joy in choosing to celebrate, both in the present moments and in the hope for the future. “Celebration is God’s healing balm for our broken world and to our scarred hearts.”

This was exactly the book I needed, that I didn’t know I needed. I came across it by chance, or more accurately by God’s good grace, and it has opened my eyes to the freedom of fully embracing hope and celebration, something that I didn’t realize I had been tempering. God has been redeeming my perspective on hope through this book. And if you're also someone who is hesitant to celebrate or hope because of past painful experiences, then perhaps this book will breathe life into your tired soul too.