Winning Balance
What I’ve Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams
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4.8 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
At age 20, American gymnast Shawn Johnson is a four-time Olympic gold and silver medalist; a national- and world-champion athlete. Already a popular role model to all ages, in 2009 she captured the national spotlight again when she won the widely popular Dancing with the Stars. Yet Shawn is no stranger to hard work and adversity. Her loss of the major gymnastics prize everyone expected her to win in Beijing, the all-around Olympic gold medal, was the loss of a dream she’d worked for since childhood. And later, she suffered a staggering injury in a skiing accident that forced her life to a halt and made her rethink what was really important. She wasn’t sure who she was anymore. She wasn’t sure what her goals were. And she wasn’t sure she was satisfied with where she was with her faith and God. Could she find the right kind of success in life—the kind that doesn’t involve medals or trophies, but peace, love, and lasting joy? This is the amazing true journey of how the young woman who won an Olympic gold medal on the balance beam became even more balanced.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely fantastic!
This book is one of the best I've read in month! It's not only entertaining but I could totally identify with what Shawn went through as something similar happened to me. One moment you're on top of the world and the next you're trying to fathom the low in life. This book takes you on a journey to find your own balance and to make you reflect on your own present and future combined with beautiful poetry and quotes. I love writing poetry as well and Shawn Johnson is really good at expressing her emotions and fears whilst poems. They're really beautiful and profound. Whenever I feel down, I'll just think of the book and it'll make me smile and lift my spirits as it's a reminder that there are worse things in life and no matter what obstacles there might be un our life, we can overcome them by setting our mind to the positive things.
Shawn Johnson
Small in size but with a huge heart, Shawn Johnson tells us the story of what her life has been up up until now. Anyone who admires or has some interest in her career will enjoy this read.
I was particularly impressed by how she recalled her Olympic experience: I remember watching the entire competition and thinking what a great little lady she was for holding her persona the way she did. May she have the best of luck with the rest of her life.
To the creators of this ebook, it reads on the iPad, but not so much on the iPhone. Considering that I read the book on both devices (thanks to iCloud), I'm sure I must not have been the only one to have seen that the layout could be bettered: some margins are not great and the pictures do no seem to fit the display properly (some of the them kind of get cut in two)