Migrating toward Happiness
The Soundtrack to My Spiritual Awakening
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New York is cluttered with concrete and steel. There are a number of parks, but no matter how deep you escape into a park, a horn or menacing siren will always find you. The billboards, the cell phones, the traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, are all distractions. The landscape of New York City is one that I have grown accustomed to. I was born here. I can function in this space. I know its rhythms. I move with it as one moves with a herd of buffalo so as not to get trampled. But these pathways and highways and subways and motorways are all taking me away from a natural landscape, one that allows me to imagine, reflect, dream, and feed my spirit. I tend to feel connected to my spirit only when I am in Ireland where my mother and grandparents were born. There is something mystical about that land. The ghosts of my ancestors walk through those peaceful valleys speckled with purple heather, cluttered only with cattle or sheep causing the occasional road block for the unfortunate tourist. The rhythm of the ocean lapping the Donegal shoreline has the ability to change one’s breathing pattern. My breathing in New York City is shallow. I’d rather not deeply inhale exhaust from taxis and delivery trucks.
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If you have ever wondered “What is the purpose of my life?” then this book is for you. Want to find out what’s on the other side of the rainbow? Put your red shoes on and join Tara O’Grady and her spirit guides as they escort you on a magical and melodious tour down the Yellow Brick Road. Utterly single, recently laid off, and lamenting a city that is consuming her spirit, this native New Yorker begins to not only notice but understand the road signs that the universe is laying out before her as she awakens to its mysteries. Guided to take a symbolic journey replicating her Irish immigrant grandmother’s 1957 American road trip in a Chevy Bel Air, Tara begins her path to a spiritual awakening, soundtrack included. It is a road trip like no other. Let Tara show you how to reconnect to a life beyond the cubicle and follow your intuition to fulfill your heart’s desire. Prepare to get happy!
About the Author
Tara O’Grady was an English teacher who became a jazz singer, recording artist and songwriter. She has released five albums of jazz, blues and folk music and performs with her band all over the world. This is her first book. She is the daughter of Irish immigrants and lives in New York City.