Review: Beautifully-written, Uplifting Journey of Mind and Body
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2012
The honesty displayed in Dana Taylor's memoir, Ever Flowing Streams, is immediately evident. From her painful battle with panic attacks, choking sensations, and chronic inflammation, she leads the reader patiently, but determinedly through her struggles for answers.  Sleepless nights, more often than not, lead to too much alcohol to deaden the pain and allay the fears. The author lays out life struggles for the ultimate good of any reader open to the possibility of a spiritual solution.Her Christian upbringing and beliefs blend, not always easily, with other forms of spiritualism.  At times, she fights to open her mind to the belief that Reiki, for instance--often viewed by Christians as evil--might help her discover the awareness to heal her ravaged body and spirit, and possibly to help others.I've always been open to the possibility of reincarnation, another Christian no-no, so I found this segment of the book particularly interesting and inspiring. A battle with a past life is revealed that is quite fascinating and makes sense considering Ms. Taylor's physical ailments.The emotional and uplifting journeys she takes with her parents through their separate passings, shows the contradictory and individual nature in which we deal with death.Detailed lists of healing through prayer and energy, and reincarnation sources are listed in the back of the book which will lead to additional, fascinating reading.Highly recommended for anyone with an open mind and an open heart.Mary Cunningham, author, Cynthia's Attic series for Tweens