The Gentle Warrior

About the Book

How do you become a "gentle warrior" when you're so damn angry you want to kill something?! Everywhere you turn there seems to be a wall you cannot penetrate. You are in a cage emotionally and all apparent answers you have sought have been exhausted; so you turn it inward because there seems to be no other way out. Not realizing that there is. There is a way out. It is our free will through the choices we mke. It is your birthday present. Never give your powere away to anyone. I propose our souls continue forever. This is the story of the gentle way how it really works.

The Gentle Warrior is about dealing with real-life problems and the steps you can take to remedy them and how you can apply them to life's daily situations. It shows you how to change old reactive habits by replacing them with new ones that really work. The book is divided into 14 segments with poems throughout relating to the various subjects that deal with anger/depression, joy/sorrow and many others. It covers the basis of my book, which is unconditional love. This is a very "real-life" treatment of personal issues that we all face. My book deals with spiritual growth and free will choice concepts. The poems often say things in a different way and touch upon thoughts expressed by the author and possible the reader. It helps the person to realize that there are many others struggling with the same challenges and situations. It also deals with repetition and how to stop the same old habits. It gives hope and a way to make real changes in your life. A new way to get out of the same old groove using underlying concepts of truth and where unconditional love takes you. This is a book about helping others by helping ourselves. It shows us how to become what I believe to be our true nature. Then, when we help ourselves we automatically help others. A very "contagious love." The book ends on a note of heart hope and soul truth and my poem entitled "Smile".

If I can make you smile today
With jewels that I have brought

While other pass the time away
Caring with no thought

A gift I have for you
No greater one can there be

Than to look upon your face and see
What you have really given me

About the Author

Twila Jean Rounds has earned her stripes as a Gentle Warrior in many facets of her life. She is married to her high school sweetheart. They have two grown children, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Born in Los Angeles, California she has attended Los Angeles city College, Chapman College and Palo Verde Community College, where she received her Associate Arts degree. She is also a Level Three Reiki Practitioner. In recent years she has attended many seminars for personal growth and healing and has put her ideas, beliefs, and struggles on paper and in poems. She loves and has participated in community theatre and enjoys the outdoor activities near her home in the Southwest USA.