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Paul S. Boynton - author of Begin with Yes I haven't finished this book yet, but I felt the need to put "Blessed Are The Weird" down for a minute and share a few preliminary thoughts. There is something familiar about Nordby's words - not because I have heard them before but because they feel so authentic and honest - it's as if a part of me is being awakened and I feel this is as much my story as it is Jacob's. If you are reading these words, I suspect this book is for you too. Although it may not resonate with everyone if you are or long to pursue a creative, soul-filled and soulful life, this book will touch you in a thousand beautiful and heart opening ways. I can imagine sitting around the campfire listening to Jacob Nordby tell of his journey and our collective journey. This is not a book you'll read once, enjoy and then forget. Rather it will be a book you will want to keep in your briefcase or backpack to read and share. There are laugh out loud moments and other times when you find yourself with watery eyes. Most of all you will deeply feel that you are on the right path, that you belong xa0and that many of those you'll meet along the way are from your tribe. Now back to the book! Oriah "Mountain Dreamer" House - author of The Invitation In Jacob Nordby I find a faithful mystic who knows what we are rarely told: that we are here not only to be embodied souls, but to live an ensouled life, a life guided by our deepest longings. Many nod in enthusiastic agreement but are afraid to lead the messy, magnificent and uncertain life to which we are called. Keep a copy of Blessed are the Weird nearby. It will remind us of that which we already know but too easily forget. It will en-courage us to be weird and brave and whole." Scott Stabile - author Big Love Few writers make me want to shout Hallelujah more than Jacob Nordby. His raw, brilliant Blessed Are the Weird is filled with many such moments of heart-opening resonance and soul-shaking inspiration. Preach, brother, preach! Jacob writes to that deep place within us all that is wild and free, unencumbered by the mandates of a too-normal world. He invites us to embrace our inner-freak, and he shows us how to do it. An unexpected, delightful surprise to the book was the historical context Jacob offered to the band of artsy misfits that make up his most famous piece of writing -- the poets, writers, painters and troubadours. Blessed Are the Weird challenges, educates, entertains and, most importantly to me, inspires each of us to be who we are, as truthfully as possible, however that looks and feels. This book is a powerful, unwavering manifesto for freedom more than anything else. And who among us doesn't want to be free? Chris Grosso, author of Indie Spiritualist and Everything Mind Blessed Are The Weird is a clarion call for those who stand outside traditional norms (whether externally, internally, or both) to rise up and boldly share our artistic expressions and passionate voices with the world. Jacob Nordby's words, heart, and bold commitment to positive change during these tumultuous times are needed now more than ever.xa0xa0I'm honored to call him a friend and brother on this path. Sera Beak - author of Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story Blessed are those who read this bold and brilliant book and heed its call. Nordby passionately captures the heart and soul of creative change agents of the past, thereby giving us the inspiration and permission to be as wildly weird and courageously creative as we truly are, now. We weirdos need this book in order to appreciate that we come from a daring and determined lineage that is devoted not only to unleashing the personal soul, but also the global soul. If there's any time to be weird, it's now. And, Jacob Nordby is lighting the way for us all.
Features & Highlights
- The world wants its soul back…
- This book is for highly sensitive people who have felt out of place in the modern world. It provides a narrative that describes how they fit into a lineage of creatives throughout history, and how their gifts are needed during this precise era of "new renaissance" on Earth.In this book, author Jacob Nordby offers a bold new definition of success in the modern era.“The only success now is living and creating a work-of-art life: unique, rich with meaning, naked of anything we don’t care about, and ruthless about carving out something absolutely real from a world that has gorged itself on fakeness and become critically ill from it. The only failure now is pulling back from that quest because of fear.”Expanding upon his short original “Blessed Are the Weird” piece that became a viral phenomenon, he traces the roots of soulful artistry and creation to ancient times and back again to reveal the insistent, eternal quest of our true natures that demands something real—as if our very existence depends upon it.This book is a call to creatives (and those who want to be) with the clear message that it has never been more critical to heed the call of soul than it is during this exciting, dangerous new renaissance epoch on Planet Earth.Heartfelt and sometimes humorous, it lights a signal fire for all who feel out of place in the modern world and invites them to claim their heritage as members in an ancient lineage—those tenders of soul and beauty who have always kept the flame alive for humanity.This is a book for everyone who wants to lead a deep, true, and passionate life and leave the world better for having passed this way.
- Blessed Are the Weird. Your time has come to define the new normal.
- This book is written for all personality types, but those who test on the Myers-Briggs (MBTI) as INFJ, INFP, ENFJ, or ENFP will likely gain inspiration and insight into their unique struggles, design, and life purpose. While vastly different in style from Elizabeth Gilbert's recent bestseller, Big Magic, and Brene' Brown's books, it contains themes that will be familiar to fans of these leading voices in the creativity and vulnerability arenas. Ultimately, this book is for everyone who feels the urgency of our age and the call to make potential real. The author feels that broad based anxiety permeates modern culture and a lack of purpose and direction gives rise to such social ills as increased rates of terrorism, suicide, and other acts of chaos. He tells us that the cure lies in the fact that each of us can connect with our inner genius, overcome inertia, and create "work of art" lives that will make the world a better place while enriching our individual experience. He says that this is both personal and not optional, and that we have been handed the opportunity to make a huge collective leap forward unlike anything that humans have known before.
