Beside Still Waters

About the Book

This book is a thought provoking honest look at the philosophy, and nature of truth, and Self-discovery utilizing poetry, proverbs, and scattered thoughts. This book looks at life in simple terms rendering it to paper with sincerity honesty, empathy, and understanding so that it can open your mind to new possibilities, and understandings. To reveal to you some of the simplicity, and beauty that life has to offer. It is a book that may change your viewpoints on certain things, and change your life for the better. It is the sincerest hope of the author that you will read this book, and it will help you in some small way so you can come away from it a better person. He also hopes this book will help to ease some of the suffering of those readers who are in pain, and make them feel good even if it is only for a moment.

About the Author

Jay Paul Mayer currently lives in Marengo, Illinois with his family, but will be attending Northern Illinois University in the fall. This is his second book. His first book was A Lasting Strength another collection of his poems. He is twenty-one years old.