HOLDING ON LOOSELY
Helicopter parents. Control freaks. Perfectionists. Intolerants. Over-consumers. Social media junkies. We all fit in there somewhere. Read one woman’s stories of clinging, turning loose, and becoming free.
We are overly busy helicopter parents, control freaks, perfectionists, intolerants, over-consumers and social media junkies–who worry, fear, laugh less, and always want more. In the midst of it, we wonder what it would feel like to open our hands and turn loose of all of it.
In HOLDING ON LOOSELY: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Seeing Something Else, author Dana Knox Wright tells stories of one who is hardwired to cling. To her children when they asked for a blessing to go. To someone else’s ideas, when she didn’t trust her own. She held on to prejudice when she would tell you she didn’t. She shut down for days while clinging to fear. She clung to youthfulness as if what would come next couldn’t be her life’s cherry on top.
In a particular season of her life, she recognized her bent to possess, to keep, to hold tightly, and to control was completely contrary to Jesus’ example. This is one woman’s history of holding on and her stories of turning loose–stories of the gentle and firm, humorous and heartbreaking ways God led her to turn loose. It is living minimally from the inside out.
Dana Knox Wright shares her stories of growth as a woman who has lived in this world for six decades. The stories are fresh and most importantly they are real.
The realness genuinely comes out because Wright narrates her own book, Holding On Loosely. And I must say that I love, love she narrated her own book. Her own narration added in-depth authentication to her stories. Wright speaks clearly and precisely. I cannot recommend a listening speed because I directly listened to each chapter file on my computer. I can state that the audiobook portion went rather quickly. Wright’s voice is strong, yet soft, and enjoyable.
Wright’s overall theme in her stories is about how she learned the lessons of letting go and seeing life in completely different ways. The rhythm of all her stories is learning the lesson of letting go. Letting go is good for your soul, especially your life expectations.
Many of the stories were like Wright and I were sharing those stories at the same time. Her airplane story is so relatable. Many of her other stories are so highly relatable. Yes – it is so true on checkpoints. I simply did not know I had perfected the Texan superpower of sauntering.
The Pizza story was my favorite. Chapter 23 was the best in this book for me. I myself will be searching for the cows on any porch. Wright shares her stories so others can learn from them and be inspired by her well-crafted words.
The main premise of Wright’s words and voice is to get out of your comfort zone. Don’t let gravity take over your lives. Age is just a number that does not define us as we age. Life can give us magical moments. Pay attention to them and appreciate them. Thanks, Dana for sharing your stories. I’m off to lookup Al Schwimmer.
Holding On Loosely is a book that everyone can relate to. Audiobook it or read it. I highly recommend it.
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GREAT review, and I agree that she does a perfect job narrating her own story. And now I want the book in print, too. It’s cute! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you, Kristine! You’re so welcome!
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