What happened to the original cover of the book?

To be continued……

Breath! All right! I was breathing, trying to balance the talk of the egos, fear, and the body's emotions. The mind was constantly creating words, pictures, ideas, etc., all in a blink of an eye.

I was physically still standing speechless while dealing with an inner fight within.

The divine impression: nothing in life is crucial to decide immediately. Sleep on it!

I had no idea what I was getting myself into as I agreed to self-publish Marama. With the publishing agreement, I stepped into a world I had never walked through before in this lifetime. I had no idea what to expect.

My focus was on the call within, leading me to do something that had never entered my mind. The impossible was happening. What now?

The universe teaches me to focus on what I have, what I can do, and what I am able to achieve with existing knowledge. Once I am clear, I should start with the things I can do as well as I possibly can.

My goal was to follow the inner call to publish Marama. It was clearly about self-publishing. I arranged for payment for the contract just to meet another milestone.

If you have ever published a book, you will know that there is a lot more behind it than doing the best you possibly can.

From the understanding and knowledge I had at the time, it was only enough to publish the book in German.

The most straightforward steps are on the attached list. It is about design, structure headings, paragraphs, page numbers, layout, etc., Thus, the book was a challenge for me.

I kept my goal of being self-published in my mind and tried to follow my inner voice into an emotional and confusing situation, one where I didn't want to be from the very start.

Even the cover seemed to be a problem for the self-publishing company. The only option given was what eventually got published.

Great, I said to the universe.

This situation brought up some memories I did not want to remember.

My interest then turned to editing the book. The ego was talking to my mind. I feared what was rising within me the reaction of those who would be reading the book. Instead, the universe introduced me to an author familiar with the German language and allowed himself to read it.

After a period of silence, he turned to me and said: I wouldn't edit it because of how it is written. He mentioned my unique way of communicating. If I corrected it, the actual message would be lost.

I was relieved at what I heard. A heavy load fell off my shoulders, followed by big fat tears flowing down my cheeks.

Arriving home happy and motivated, I wrote the front page recommended to me, explaining why I published the book in this way.