Many parts of Bozoma’s story and thought processes coincide with mine. You know those books that come into your life at just the right time you need to read them? This was the one for me. the first 1/3 of the book felt like a forced race discussion but if you get past that, the book is a powerful reminder that nothing is guaranteed in this life, that we often lack gratitude for things we later realise are pillars in our every day life and it ends with the staggering conclusion that the wake up call is brutal for the vast majority of us. I wanted to cherish it all along the way.”ģ.5 stars. I didn't want to gaze at the light as it began to dim. My gratitude was going to be intentional. I vowed to actively demonstrate my thanks for every breath, not with a passing thought or a glib remark that I said but didn't mean. Faced with the truth that I'd lacked appreciation, I staggered to my feet, understanding that from now on, the only way I could live my life was with full gratitude. Whatever doubts I had about my marriage, I resolved to ignore them, to not let them obscure the lesson that was coming into view. “But that morning, when God spoke to me in my apartment, I knew I had to focus. But what does Boz do? She stands up, head held high, against all odds. Life has shown her its lowest valleys, and taunted her with the deepest losses. Life has given her 1,000 reasons to cower, to bend, to break. To read “The Urgent Life” is to get 1,000 reasons why Boz spreads her wings without apology, ceaselessly. Her story is of hard choices she had to make even if it only made sense to her, and how living an URGENT LIFE means following your own path today. The peacock she shows up as in the world is against all odds. Because Boz’s life today is a revolution, a miracle and a testimony. It’s a battle cry for personal transformation in the midst of tragedy. And I was sending her texts as I went along. I read it in one sitting, cuz I couldn’t let it go. All the losses she faced sharpened her vision and gave her perspective, that every day must be lived with exigency.Īnd MY GOD this book. It’s a memoir, and the title is a mantra she adopted when her husband, Peter, died of cancer. Instead, she tells the story of her life that led her to being the person who walks into a room, 6 feet tall, in 5 inch heels and a giant afro, refusing to bow to folks whims. We witness Bozoma's journey forward through the highs and the lows, as she negotiates life as a woman determined to learn from tragedies to build a remarkable life worth living even in her brokenness.īozoma's story is extraordinary, but her grief is not uncommon, and her courage is sure to touch any reader who has loved, mourned and is finding a path through loss and grief, as well as anyone who is maneuvering a pivot and wants to live life to its fullest.īozoma Saint John is known as a hall of fame marketer and when she decided to write a book, people thought it’d be about marketing or business. In The Urgent Life, Bozoma takes readers through the dizzying, numbing days of multiple griefs, and the courage which these sparked in her to live life in accordance with her deepest values time and time again. When Peter knew his cancer was terminal, he gave Bozoma a short list of things to do: cancel the divorce, and fix the wrongs immediately. Bozoma was no stranger to adversity, having lost her college boyfriend to suicide, navigated an interracial marriage, grieved a child born prematurely-a process that led to her and Peter's separation-and coparented the daughter who she and Peter shared. When Bozoma Saint John's husband, Peter, died of cancer, she made one big decision: to live life urgently. From iconic leader Bozoma Saint John, comes a memoir of grief, and one woman's drive to thrive in the face of loss
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