Ken Davis is a very funny guy. And as his friends and family will tell you, he's also a very wise one. After all, who but a wise guy would blow the toilet in his new home to smithereens with an M-80 firecracker Or end up in a hotel lobby wearing nothing but strawberry underwear and the latest addition of USA Today Only Ken Davis could pull these stranger than life stories together and use them to drive home insights that cut to the heart of Christ-like living. Because Ken, being Ken, knows what human fallibility is all about. He knows how tough we adults can be on ourselves. He knows how hard we try to appear more together than we really are. And to all of us, he offers two words of very solid wisdom: LIGHTEN UP! Ken's hilarious and touching stories underscore one simple, encouraging theme: God's grace is for you. You're not perfect, but you are perfectly loved by God. So take heart. God doesn't just love you, he enjoys you. No reason you shouldn't, too!

Do you understand how your cardinal memories are the keys to your story development? Or how these very same memories may limit your potential? Lighten Up is more than a coming-of-age memoir. It is an in-depth look at Rodney Laney’s disengagement from his cardinal memories. The book is humorous and provocative as Laney describes his journey into meditation and spirituality. Once you learn how to release the negative emotions attached to the images in your mind, you’ll free yourself from the habitual thoughts and emotions that cause your circular and limiting behavior. And once you release the emotions weighing you down, you’ll actually feel lighter. And maybe your stories will be funnier, as well.

Comedian and motivational speaker Ken davis uses his unique sense of humor in 90 light hearted devotions designed to bring a smile to your face and a spark of inspiration to your day. Enjoy solid nuggets of truth from God's word and occassional opportunities to go deeper if you wish. The joy of the Lord is our strength. Take this opportunity to lighten up and live!

Just Lighten Up! is dedicated to everyone in the world who has ever had a bad day. On one such occasion I met Mobley, one of the "Lighten Up" Angels, who reminded me that life is an opportunity for us to experience joy, laughter, love, peace and harmony. Each little angel in this coloring book is demonstrating a tool we can all use to help us lighten up during the day. If we really want to be grumpy and unhappy, we can. But it is very difficult to stay that way when the Lighten Up Angels start revealing themselves in our lives. So call on these angels. Ask them to laugh and play with you, to help you see the humor in all experiences you create. Release negative thoughts, feelings and emotions as you color these lighthearted little angel pictures. Laughter is the best "medicine," and these little angels can brighten any day!

ColourSpectrums is an exciting leading edge personality styles model presented to groups worldwide in an entertaining, interactive workshop format. Now you too can learn how to use four colours to easily understand personality styles and human dynamics. This engaging process reveals your personality as a unique spectrum of: BLUE emotional intelligence, GREEN intellectual intelligence, RED physical intelligence and YELLOW organizational intelligence. Yup! You are more intelligent than you "think." Discover and celebrate your bright colour strengths. Acknowledge and strengthen your pale colour challenges. ColourSpectrums will help you use all four colours to make more intelligent decisions. Quickly identify anyone's ColourSpectrums personality to communicate and interact more effectively. Immediately enhance your personal effectiveness and improve all personal and professional relationships. ColourSpectrums synthesizes the complex body of work on personality styles into one seamless developmental model with profound implications and practical applications for interpersonal communication, group dynamics, family dynamics, parenting styles, teaching and learning styles, management styles, human resources, career counselling, customer service, decision making, stress management, conflict resolution, human development and much, much more. "So brilliantly simple, it's simply brilliant!" "Profoundly insightful a-ha learning. "Entertaining ha-ha learning." "Hands-on practical and user friendly." "A universal language celebrating diversity." In this ground-breaking series: ColourSpectrums Personality Styles Book 1: The Introduction ColourSpectrums Personality Styles Book 2: Stress Management and Conflict Resolution ColourSpectrums Personality Styles Book 3: Brightening Pale Colours www.colourspectrums.com

A teenage girl must come to terms with the suicide of her best friend.

Updated to reflect questions found on the most recent ESL tests, this book presents 400 common phrasal verbs as they are used in everyday English. Phrasal verbs are verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs. Familiarity with phrasal verbs and understanding their use as nouns (breakup, showoff, etc.) or adjectives (spaced-out, broken-down, stressed-out, and many others) is essential to ESL students. Updated information includes: the most commonly used phrasal verbs; activities and examples that reflect our current technology and the world around us; an expanded introduction for the teacher with a thorough breakdown and explanation of phrasal verbs; and, a discussion of separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in Unit I, and more. This book’s hundreds of examples in context and hundreds of exercises will be extremely useful to ESL students who are preparing for TOEFL or who simply wish to improve their English.

Enlighten your mind through metaphors, riddles and rhymes Poetry, short stories and fables, allegorical lines Rehabilitating the mind, removing the dust from your constant mind state Angle your mind 360 degrees through the passage of black ink Take a literary excursion to the isles of introspection and subliminal messages Unveil the covers of passion Explore the untold dimensions of honest enlightenment A straight from the block perspective, then knock the dust off your mind

Today’s world is stuck in black-and-white thinking that limits creative possibilities. We all need fresh ways to move forward beyond constraints that insist on only two possibilities—one right, the other wrong. But the world is not a black-and-white place. It is packed full of color. Just as color is infinitely abundant, so too is the potential for reshaping our lives. By breaking down rigid mindsets, new insights and vantage points can emerge. In COLOR UP, you will discover why black-and-white thinking is so prevalent when framing life dilemmas. Placing possible choices in opposition to each other masks the abundant alternatives that lie in between and beyond— everything from the mundane to the miraculous. Color is your starting point and your prompt for change. Take full advantage of the five interactive steps of COLOR, an easy-to-remember acronym, to transport you from limitation to possibility: Connect to break out of black-and-white thinking Optimize to put your imagination to work creating colorful choices Lighten to choose and appreciate the playful side of life Oops to grasp there are no mistakes, only opportunities Ripple to inspire others to see life from an abundant, vibrant place The message is profound: You are never stuck, no matter the circumstances. With the help of COLOR Up and a trusty color wheel, you have all the tools you need to create a more vibrant life—a life lived on your own terms.