Faith Lifting Prayers: A Celebration of Humanity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780648289203)

Best selling author on beauty and wellness and TV host Gregory Landsman was born in Apartheid South Africa and was beaten, bullied and abused daily for simply being himself.

Taking us across the globe from South Africa to India, from Switzerland to Australia, Gregory shares his stories of searching for meaning and his prayers along the way to find fulfilment, self acceptance and a happy life.

Faith Lifting Prayers will inspire you to live your best life. It is a book that will make you laugh and cry, as you journey with the author to discover the best of yourself and celebrate the goodness and value you bring to the world and those around you.

Faith Lifting Prayers is road map to learning forgiveness and finding true self acceptance and joy. It is a book for anyone who has ever wanted to feel they are loved and valuable for who they are...just as they are.

Excerpt from Faith Lifting Prayers

Dear God

Grant me the courage to face myself

And to give myself the permission to use my voice

For so many years

My inadequacy has bound my tongue

Inhibited my speech

And the things that I have wanted to say

Have been stuck in my throat

Words that needed to be heard

Lose their way on my tongue

So I swallow the words that are lost

And try to find new ones I feel anxiety

As people try to complete my sentences

Wanting a sentence to slip through my lips

But somehow it clings to my teeth

My words are drowned out

By fear of being judged and laughed at

But I have a voice that needs to be heard

We all do

As my voice finds its way

From my heart to my lips

And to the ears that are listening

May it be nourished and shaped by self-acceptance

I give thanks for my ability to speak my truth

And even though it isn't as smooth as I would like it to be

It is my voice and I own it

My words belong to me

And I will no longer judge how they leave my mouth

But bless them because they belong to me

Thank you

Amen

(Hardcover with dust jacket)