Mya Meets Elin or Love Meets Light

"Mya meets Elin or Love meets Light," is a spiritually inspired novel for young readers aged 14 and up. It is written in a diary style by Mya, a 14-year-old girl who is experieincing bullying at school. She goes on regular walks and horse rides in the forest near her family's farm. One day, while she is in the forest, Mya meets Elin, a lovely, wise woman, who becomes Mya's mentor as their friendship grows through frequent rendezvous. The author, Kate Rouse, wanted to share her ideas from her previously published book, "A Spiritual Handbook for the Modern Era," in a readable and memorable form which would appeal to young readers.

Mya lives her day-to-day life enduring her problems at school, at the same time developing a very close friendship with Elin. They meet most days and Elin teaches Mya about coping with difficulties and becoming spiritually aware. Different chapters represent various themes as each conversation becomes a lesson on topics such as nature and the world as it is.

Other characters in the novel are Mya's parents, her brother, Ben, her grandfather, some teachers, the bullies, and an older girl, Grace. Mya loves animals and they also have a role to play. Her family have a dog, Sefton, a cat, Whispit, horses, sheep and chooks. Australian wildlife and the beautiful environment near Mya's home provide a backdrop to the story.

Many young people may feel worthless and pessimistic at times. They may experience anxiety about their own lives and the current world situation. "Mya meets Elin or Love meets Light," has been written to give them some insight and hope when at times things may only seem bleak. The book is here to amplify love and light.

Auteur

The eldest of four sisters, Kate Rouse, grew up in Albury and on a small farm at Table Top, New South Wales, Australia. She had a happy childhood with freedom to explore nature and enjoy life with horses that were a huge part of her life then as they still are today. After completing a BA and Dip Ed at the University of New England, Armidale, Kate worked at Mt Hotham and Mt Buffalo in various roles and travelled extensively throughout the world for 12 years, interspersed with teaching English in Japan and casual teaching in New South Wales and Victoria. She self-published two travelogues in the 1990's. During the following 12 years Kate worked as a teacher, Aborigial Education Worker, youth worker, pool manager, factory hand and receptionist. She travelled in Australia with her partner, Shayne, completed Certificate IV in Community Welfare, a Diploma of Counselling and a Fine Arts Certificate. At Christmas, 2010, Kate was struck down with pneumonia and during this time she contemplated her mortality. Slowly recuperating while house-sitting in Queensland, Kate began to think about what she would write in a book if her life was coming to its finality when the idea of, "A Spiritual Handbook for the Modern Era, " emerged in 2012. Kate wanted to help others who were experiencing trouble or confusion and provide some clarity with relevance to the sometimes complicated and often demanding era we find ourselves in today. Kate published the book with Zeus Publications in 2013 and again in 2019 under her company name, Zephyr Publications. House-sitting in 2014, and again unwell, Kate decided to write a novel for young readers incorporating thoughts from, "A Spiritual Handbook for the Modern Era." Sitting beside a fire in a frigid mansion she wrote the manuscript titled, "Mya meets Elin or Love meets Light." Kate wanted to make the ideas in the previous book readable and memorable for readers aged 14 and up. Kate and Shayne now live in Queensland where they are establishing a small horse stud. Living with Chronic Fatigue and its many challenges, Kate still writes and paints. She has experienced life broadly, felt life deeply and studied spirituality from an early age. Kate and Shayne share their lives with Teuco, a talkative blue parrot, Whispit and Sox, mischievous tabby cats and 12 beautiful horses.

Contenu

1. Mya

2. Troubles

3. Walks

4. Elin

5. Soothing words

6. Insight

7. Words of wisdom

8. Difficult decisions

9. Nature

10. Mya's future

11. Challenges

12. A solution

13. For young adults

14. Middle and later life

15. The world as it is

16. New horizon

17. The spiritual life

18. Last days

19. Holidays

20. Change

21. Looking forward