The night a single sentence rose from the depths-"I want to live. I do choose life."-everything shifted. The Awakening is Loren Thomas's honest, quietly luminous account of how a life can change from the inside out: not through lightning bolts or grand pronouncements, but through small, stubborn yeses to the guidance that keeps showing up.
Part memoir, part spiritual companion, the book follows Loren as he learns to notice the subtle ways help arrives-through intuition, people who appear at just the right moment, and the felt sense that love is already present in ordinary days. Each chapter captures one facet of the journey from fear to trust: the first flicker of hope, the choice to keep an open heart, the courage to let go of what no longer fits, the discovery that healing begins with ourselves. Along the way, Loren shares practical reflections you can put to work immediately-gentle questions, simple practices, and stories that make the invisible feel accessible.
What readers will find inside:
- A candid, down-to-earth narrative that never talks down or asks you to adopt a doctrine.
- Short, resonant chapters-such as Are There Angels Among Us?, Open House, Open Heart, The Quest of Life, and Healing of Self, Not of Others-that invite reflection rather than argument.
- Field-tested ways to listen beneath the noise, move through doubt, and meet yourself (and others) with compassion.
- A reminder that "awakening" isn't a finish line; it's a relationship with life that deepens over time.
Who this book is for:
- Seekers who sense "there's more to life than this," but don't want another heavy rulebook.
- People standing at a threshold-after loss, change, burnout, or a quiet ache they can't ignore.
- Readers of spiritual memoir and practical inspiration who appreciate warmth, humility, and gentle humor.
How you might use it:
Read straight through for the unfolding story, or a chapter at a time as a daily touchstone. Use the closing reflections to journal, to spark conversation with a friend, or to sit in stillness and listen for your own next step.
Loren writes not as a guru but as a fellow traveler-someone learning, stumbling, and trying again. His message is simple and liberating: you don't have to become someone else to wake up. You can begin where you are, with what you have, and say a small yes to the life that's already reaching for you.
If you're ready to trade numbness for presence, fear for trust, and striving for a clearer sense of why you're here, The Awakening offers a hand on your shoulder and a path you can actually walk.
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Loren Thomas lives with Gretchen his wife, in Northern California. They are the parents of two amazing young men. Here he writes visionary fiction as well as writing a multi- volume non-fiction work under the guise of Bodies In Balance for the development of health and well-being. Loren has completed the sequel to Samara's Way entitled, 'The Fire Within' - coming soon!
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