I found a blog and fell in love and now am sharing it with you. a beautiful revolution is the blog of a misfit who found his calling, published his book, found love and his place and in this world through his blog. It's a wonderful story, and here is what he says on his blog:In 2005 I was depressed. Suicidal. I went to a therapist. I began writing a beautiful revolution. In 2006 an agent approached me - then a publisher (John Murray) and my doodles became the book If You're Happy And You Know it. It was published during the week of my 40th birthday. I began doodling for BBC Ouch. 2007. I had finally found my place in this world. In 2008 I met my American publishers (Harper Perennial) in Soho. We sat for 2 hours in my favourite place in London Patisserie Valerie and planned how Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now would be. A memoir. A memoir.
My love life was still a complete disaster - going from one bad relationship to another. But then I met her. The girl on the internet. She lived in America. I went to see her. If I could write it down, it wouldn't come close to how she was. She came to England. In 2008 we sat in my bedroom and laid out every doodle, every word I had ever written on the floor and formed the narrative of my book Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. June 2008 I went back to America with her. We got married. January 2009 my book Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now was published. In America. The place I now call home. I got a new agent. An American agent. Began to doodling for A Way To Garden. 3 months ago my wife and I bought our first home together. We adopted a dog. An unloved pit bull. We named her pickle. Last week my green card came through. In 2007 I found my place in this world. In 2009 I found everything.
I used to think you needed to see it, to believe it.
But now I realize that to see it, you must first believe it.
Everything is possible. Everything is possible.
Here is a video of his book, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, the story of his depression and how he came out of it:
12 comments:
This is great! Thank you for posting it!
Thank you for posting this. I can't even begin to put into words how much I needed to read this today.
wow!! me too!!! Maggie May you beautiful soul.
wow, this is really beautiful. i'm so glad you found this and shared it all of us!
xoxo,
Micaela
Hi Maggie!
Oh I have been following 'A beautiful revolution'! It's great..
thx for posting it in English Muse!
wow. thanks for the intro too cool.
An unloved dog ! Interesting ! But how to decide that a dog is unloved ?
This is great! thanks for sharing x
Wow, he is so cool!
"The early bird ate too many worms and died."
I love it!
thanks for sharing, great link
thanks for sharing this...i really needed it too! xox
perfect timing :)
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