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Are Your Dreams Dead?

Too often in life, we dream of doing something that will breathe life into our souls but end up simply walking away. We get up to the edge of the cliff, confident that we are going to leap towards our dream, only to look down at the abyss below and let fear turn us away.

At eighteen, we were fearless. Partly because we didn’t know any better, and partly because life hadn’t yet beaten us down. But at thirty-six, we have the scars of life that make us more fearful, afraid to take the leap that could ultimately unlock our true purpose. The sins from our past hold us back from finding our best, most rewarding path. We are held captive by what we did or did not do, unwilling or unable to find or give the forgiveness that can set us free.

Read Eighteen to Thirty-Six by Bruce Petillo, available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook and Apple iBooks.

Eighteen to Thirty-Six

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Eighteen to Thirty-Six…

Remember what it was like to be eighteen, with your whole life waiting in front of you? You were destined to be somebody; a rock star, a major league baseball player, a writer, a surgeon or the next Steve Jobs. Then you woke up one morning between eighteen and thirty-six to find yourself in a “career” that you really had no desire to be in, but it put food on the table, paid the mortgage and with the few bucks left over each month, your kids could take karate lessons or play on a traveling soccer team. Is this the life you imagined for yourself at eighteen?

Eighteen to Thirty-Six is the story of five friends who came of age together and were reawakened by the untimely death at just thirty-six years old of Nate Moore, the anchor of their friendship. Now these four lives are haunted by looming shadows from the past, including loves lost, paths not taken, old wounds and passing time. With all of their flaws and weaknesses, Nate’s death has given each of them a moment in time to pause and take measure of their lives, contemplate their own mortality, discover forgiveness, rekindle faith and find redemption before the sands of time bury what’s left of their lives.

Eighteen to Thirty-Six captures the endless possibilities of eighteen and the cold realities of thirty-six, providing us with an opportunity to take back the lives we have lost to become the people we are meant to be.

Eighteen to Thirty-Six is available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Apple iTunes, and I have attached a copy of the book for you to read and consider for review.