Reaching for Inner Peace

About the Book

Reaching for Inner Peace is a spiritual journey expressed through poetry. It begins with a poem calling for peace between all of humanity and then follows a path to the demanding of understanding of social issues, as well as the importance of accepting each other.

The author shares many of the lessons learned throughout her life. She attempts to enlighten on some symptoms of depression and related disorders and boldly gives through literary expression some of her own experience with the emotional stages and hardships involved.

Also, some of these poems clearly express thanks and appreciation to some of those people who played an important role in her life. She takes us on a trip through her childhood, sharing several good memories and continues into her adulthood, where she shares her emotions and voices her strong opinion on issues that affect us all, at some point in our life. Each time, encouraging all to search out faith, and take action to move onward.

About the Author

Suzanne Small was born on the island nation of Barbados. She now makes her home in Boston, Massachusetts and has lived there for the past twenty-two years. She attended the University of Massachusetts/Boston, pursuing a degree in liberal arts. As a young woman, she has learned to embrace her weaknesses and recognize her strengths in order to battle with the hardships she has encountered throughout her life. She finds peace in adoring large masses of calm beautiful waters; playing and relaxing at the beach has been a favorite past time, since childhood. Suzanne also cherishes her parents and family life. Her other hobbies are reading, amateur photography and writing poetry. Her first published collection is Reaching for Inner Peace.