Changing Bead By Bead

Changing Bead by Bead .......This book is not a how-to-bead book nor a book on how to lead your life, it is an invitationto be in the present moment with a pile of beads and a string and see what magichappens.This delightful book triggered a memory I treasure. Eleanor Wiley evokes a deep intuition in our heartswhen she speaks of seeing your life as a strand of beads. You are holding in your hands a guidebookfor following that intuition. It will lead you to surprising insights and offers a charming approach tolife's supreme task: living in the present moment.Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSBCo-founder of www.Gratefulness.orgEleanor not only encourages creative and playful ways to use beads but also puts them to work as ametaphorical tool refl ecting a personal life journey. What fun!Cheryl Cobern BrowneFormer director of The Bead Museum,Beadventure Travel, teacher and beadmaker.With characteristic candor and wisdom, Eleanor Wiley offers a metaphor for a life well-lived - a strandof beads composed of joys, sorrows and everything in between. This book will help those seeking grace,love and strength through the power of meditation with beads fi nd a new level of awareness about themselvesand the world in which they live.Kimberly WinstonAuthor of Bead One, Pray Too: A Guide to Making and Using Prayer BeadsSeeing Life as a Strand of Beads.......Each of us is a one-of-a kind creation. Yet we share a common thread...We can all startout with the same beads, but our creations will have a personal imprint. What would yourlife, up to now, look like if it were a strand of beads?