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In these pages, New York Times bestselling
author Shauna Niequist invites you to consider the landscape of your
own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be
perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present,
in the middle of the mess and the ordinariness of life.
As she
puts it: "A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my
soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And,
it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing
for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for busy.
"I am a
wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor, writer, and I know all
too well that settling feeling. But over the course of the last few
years, I've learned a way to live, marked by grace, love, rest, and
play. And it's changing everything.
"Present Over Perfect is
an invitation to this journey that changed my life. I’ll walk this path
with you, a path away from frantic pushing and proving, and toward your
essential self, the one you were created to be before you began proving
and earning for your worth."
Written in Shauna's warm and
vulnerable style, this collection of essays focuses on the most
important transformation in her life, and maybe yours too: leaving
behind busyness and frantic living and rediscovering the person you were
made to be. Present Over Perfect is a hand reaching out,
pulling you free from the constant pressure to perform faster, push
harder, and produce more, all while maintaining an exhausting image of
perfection.
Shauna offers an honest account of what led her to
begin this journey, and a compelling vision for an entirely new way to
live: soaked in grace, rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection
with the people that matter most to us.