The Power of the Possible is a recipient of An Honorable Mention at the June 2008 New York City Book Festival Awards.

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"This is a book to challenge your thinking, awaken your inspiration and alert you to the power and meaning of choice. It is a genuine book of hope."

Roger Housden, author of 10 Poems to Change Your Life

Auriela McCarthy ~ In Her Own Words...

"I often think that in the University of Life I have chosen the study of love as my major, deciding to learn everything and anything I could learn about it through my own experiences, through books, workshops, self exploration, through intense observation and analyses."

 

"Love in all of its forms is a fascination to me. How much we want it, seek it, talk about it, abuse and misuse, denounce it, blame everything on it, elevate it, proclaim it. The worst crimes of humanity – perpetrated in the name of love: the love of God, the love of ideal, the love of a woman or man…Helen of Troy – “the face that launched a thousand ships”. So much destruction and pain, so much confusion, despair, ignorance, hate. And on the other side of it – the soaring of the human spirit, the miracles of healing, the light of hope that will never be extinguished. The greatest sinners often transformed but with its lightest touch."

 

"How much have I always longed to know this singular force that is - life itself. How much I longed to unravel it and to be touched by this greatest mystery. And in accordance with my choice, my reality complied, providing me with the abundance of experiences both light and dark, my own and of those around me."

 

"Love. Its reservoirs and wells - always there for us to dip into and to explore. Love has no end and no beginning, and yet - everything begins and ends with love. Everything in this book - is about love. What happens when it goes wrong? What happens when it’s stamped out? What happens when it is tended and allowed to soar?..."

 

- Auriela McCarthy