The Road to Le Papillon

From the author of simply luxurious living, Shannon Ables - her third book shares daily inspiration throughout the seasons for elevating the everydays, discovering deep personal fulfillment and finding inspiration for slowing down and savoring each day inspired from her travels to France and Britain and her daily life in Bend, Oregon, at her home, Le Papillon. The road to true contentment is a chosen journey. Our enjoyment of life expands and deepens based on being courageously open to possibility and tenaciously becoming fully human. Living mindfully in the present steadies us as we pursue true contentment and live peacefully in our everydays, engaging with love, openness, presence, and kindness. With the story of how she arrived at her cottage home, which she calls Le Papillon (The Butterfly), Shannon Ables focuses on understanding ourselves and the world, and on living everyday with true contentment. Each person's journey and discoveries will determine their unique destination, whether a place or something intangible. Living a life of contentment in our everydays opens us to vast possibilities, grounding our lives, relationships, and engagement with the world in peace, starting from within and elevating the quality of our lives. We cultivate contentment by: - Trusting our journey and engaging fully as our true selves.- Learning to understand our minds and emotions, and to interact well with others.- Letting go of expectations and remaining open to the unknown. >If we insist on knowing how our life journey will unfold, we disrupt the potential for magic to occur. And rather than wait for something "better," something "more," we invest in the present moment. We participate rather than demand, celebrate rather than control. We become love rather than wait for love. In…