{"product_id":"carrying-on-becky-ellisor-9798344561455","title":"Carrying on: With Words","description":"Carrying On encourages thoughts to evoke hope, patience, and compassion for your fellow earth dwellers. If you were looking in a real live bookstore, you could peruse the poem on the back cover to get an idea of what you might find inside. So here is the poem on the back cover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe Are All Heroes, Sometimes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe gave up her seat to an older woman.\u003cbr\u003eOn his walk to work, he picked up a can\u003cbr\u003esomeone threw out the window of a passing car.\u003cbr\u003eA busy man talked to the scared little girl\u003cbr\u003ewith all the love he gave his own children\u003cbr\u003euntil he found her mother at the front of the store.\u003cbr\u003eHe threw up his arm and blocked a passerby\u003cbr\u003ewho was stepping out into the street\u003cbr\u003ewhen he heard a car coming fast.\u003cbr\u003eThey invited the new kid to their table\u003cbr\u003ewhen no one else did.\u003cbr\u003eHe gave a kidney to someone he never even met.\u003cbr\u003eWe drop coins into the bin for hungry people.\u003cbr\u003eThey decided to start a foundation for homeless children.\u003cbr\u003eA doctor saved her life.\u003cbr\u003eA dying man left his life savings to provide scholarships\u003cbr\u003efor other immigrants from his country.\u003cbr\u003eA little girl made friends with another little girl\u003cbr\u003ewho was physically scarred by a fire.\u003cbr\u003eHe pitched in and helped because he could.\u003cbr\u003eShe stood up for her friend in her darkest moment.\u003cbr\u003eHe needed a friend, so she became his friend.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you do for others is what makes you a hero.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you do for yourself is necessary to live, \u003cbr\u003ebut it's not what makes life worth living.\u003cbr\u003eJust knowing you are a part of humanity\u003cbr\u003eand taking on simple tasks other people won't -\u003cbr\u003ejust because it matters\u003cbr\u003e- makes you a hero.\u003cbr\u003eWhen you die, it's what you did for others\u003cbr\u003eThat will make your passing easier.\u003cbr\u003eA hero lives in all of us\u003cbr\u003eif we only seize the opportunities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd here's another from page 42. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is time?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it time now?\u003cbr\u003eWill it be time later?\u003cbr\u003eWas it time before now?\u003cbr\u003eWho knows the time? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is always time.\u003cbr\u003eThere was always time.\u003cbr\u003eThere will always be time.\u003cbr\u003eEverything comes from time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore anything\u003cbr\u003eThere was time.\u003cbr\u003eBefore existence\u003cbr\u003eThere was time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen nothingness\u003cbr\u003eExisted long enough.\u003cbr\u003eTime came to be.\u003cbr\u003eThen, time counted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd now, always will.\u003cbr\u003eNumbers begin\u003cbr\u003eAnd end with infinity.\u003cbr\u003eSo does time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime is everything\u003cbr\u003eBut there is never enough.\u003cbr\u003eNot because of time\u003cbr\u003eBut because of us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife has a start\u003cbr\u003eAnd an end.\u003cbr\u003eTime has neither.\u003cbr\u003eIt just seems short. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime constrains life.\u003cbr\u003eOnly because we count it.\u003cbr\u003eBut if we don't keep track\u003cbr\u003eWe lose it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime is everything.\u003cbr\u003eIt keeps us going.\u003cbr\u003eIt gives us a reason.\u003cbr\u003eIt counts our days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt saved us from nothingness.\u003cbr\u003eIt gave us life.\u003cbr\u003eIt gave us happiness.\u003cbr\u003eIt gives us everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe exist\u003cbr\u003eWe live\u003cbr\u003eWe die\u003cbr\u003eThank you time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf either piques your interest, then buy the book and enjoy some more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Becky Ellisor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798344561455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Becky Ellisor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087766175999,"sku":"9798344561455","price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e8a4179-5ed8-404e-9ed4-577899c36684.jpg?v=1753850737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/carrying-on-becky-ellisor-9798344561455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}