Today we talk about Relations, a book by Ria Vorster published with our publishing house Europe Books.
Europe Books had the pleasure of interviewing the author, Ria Vorster, to get to know her better, where she found the inspiration to write her book Relations, as well as how she felt to see her book published.
Below you can find our interview. Take a seat and enjoy your reading!!!
- Where did you find the inspiration to write this book?
I wrote my first poem in 2000 and never imagined that I would continue writing. My need for a soundboard came only when I went through a very difficult time in my life between 2016 and 2021. Just someone to listen to. It was then when I wrote the first lines of my next poem that I found tremendous comfort in expressing my emotions through free style poetry. The poems I wrote during those years were almost like a support system for me during the season of my life when I had to learn so many life lessons from my relationships. My joy of allowing every line to flow freely through my spiritual awareness and the relief I felt when I wrote the last line brought tremendous insight into my life, knowing everything we experience is meant to help us grow.
- What are the crucial themes of your work?
Unconditional love and self-love. Not only between family members and friends, but also with the people we don’t know and who we take for granted in our lives. Being exposed to apartheid and experiencing deep remorse for what we did is certainly a very serious wake up call. In the wake of realizing that you could have done more to alleviate poverty for which you have no empathy, it can be a painful experience. To heal from abuse, you must learn to love yourself first and let go of the people you love most. When you begin to connect with the Universal energy, you realize that you are not alone, but that there is something out there that will always be with you.
- What do you want to communicate to readers with this work?
No matter your circumstances, you are not alone. The knowledge that there are people in the afterlife who will never leave you. To be spiritually fulfilled when you know that we all live through different seasons in our lives and, with the support of our Guardian Angels, we will overcome them. Because that was the purpose of that specific period, to look back one day with gratitude as it prepared you for the next to come. To know that mother earth will always connect with you by sending you small messages through her wonderful creations. That is to notice the song of a bird when you need comfort, or the white butterfly to tell you that you will always be taken care of. Or the energy a tree would lovingly share with you when you hugged it.
- How did it feel to see your book published?
Overwhelmed with gratitude. Not only for myself but knowing that my poems will reach people who need them and being encouraged to continue learning their life lessons. To enrich my poetry lovers spiritually by sharing a small piece of my life with them. I never thought it possible, but once again I had to learn that we must never underestimate ourselves. Simply because when we listen to our voices within and take action, we will send out so much positive energy that our dreams will turn into reality. Looking at my poetry album where it is lying on my coffee table, there is a feeling of inner peace sharing my pride with the Universe.
- Are you planning to write more books? Can you tell us something about it?
Yes. It is my memoir from the day I left school until the day I had to walk away from an abusive family. How I had to overcome many difficulties when losing everything and the courage I found to start all over again for the third time in my life being an entrepreneur with no one to support me financially or emotionally. The memoir is titled ‘Extracts’. It consists of short individual chapters of my life where I shared the most difficult experiences and abuse from both my children and their father including people who took advantage of my entrepreneurship. It was not easy to write, but it was a healing process. When I completed a chapter, those painful experiences I shared began to fade. ‘Extracts’ is linked to ‘Relations’. They are both part of my life cycle during this reincarnation. It is already with the publishers and I sincerely hope it will be published by early 2025. I believe that women can learn never to give up on themselves when they read my memoir. Although I wrote it as a healing method, I also wanted to share it with the world so that my readers could benefit from my experience.
Europe Books thanks the author, Ria Vorster, once again for taking the time and answering our questions. We are really pleased to have walked alongside her on the editorial path that led to the publication of her book Relations. We wish her the best of luck for her future works.
To you, my readers, l really wish this book will fascinate and amuse you! Always remember that you are not alone in this world, the earth and the universe sends you daily messages which are worthy to listen to and to welcome; messages which are sent to you in any way! Give them the value they deserve! They can reach you in any form, as the author says through “the song of a little bird, a white butterfly, or the energy that comes from a tree”.
So, my dear reader, all I have to say is to enjoy your reading!
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