New York Times best-selling author Geneen Roth may be known for her spiritually infused writing, but when Roth lost her life savings in Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme and a friend shared spiritual words of comfort ― “Nothing of value has been lost.” ― Roth had only one response. All of it ― 30 years of live savings, gone.”Now, however, Roth considers the financial trauma to be a good thing. “That was one of the best things that ever happened to me in my life,” she says. “The most amazing thing happened: Within three to four days, maybe a week, I was happier than I had been in years,” she says. “I had confidence ... that my mind could start going to the brink of terror and I could bring it back.

Source: Huffington Post May 01, 2017 17:03 UTC