Along These Roads We Travel

About the Book

Along These Roads We Travel, and each one of us walks on a different path towards learning, suffering, and happiness. . . These roads unite and confound themselves as we advance through life. Our job as a people is to enjoy and assist those, who in one form or another, have entered our road, without losing sight of our own and destination. This book is a multicultural and intimate overview of humanity’s intrinsically existential struggles and expectations today, as well as of our responsibilities toward each other and our planet. These words are inner reflections that include a marked observation of the inequalities and suffering present on this level of life manifestation, and for which we must claim responsibility. Through inner contemplation of our happy moments and devotion to a higher energy, we are able to find the interconnection that Carl Jung referred to as Synchronicity, which, hopefully, will bring us to the discovery of our true Identities and possibilities as human race – capable for caring for and accepting each other.

About the Author

Joann Rita Vega was born in Cuba. She’s an educator and counselor as well as a Life Coach. Being presently retired from the Public Educational System, allows her to dedicate more time to the writing of poetry as well as photography. She received her Bachelor’s degrees in sociology, psychology, and education at Florida International University and her Master’s degree in applied psychology and school counseling at Nova Southeastern University. Ms. Vega extensively travels through the Caribbean as well as other parts of the world, and these travels have inspired her to write three previous poetry books. Her work has also been published in literary magazines here and abroad. She frequently travels to India, where she spends many days of her life. Always carrying her pen, photograph camera, and her Mala rosary with her. For many years she worked in the prison system as a rehabilitation counselor, giving herself wholeheartedly to the creation of better quality of life for those less fortunate. She was Vice President of the Association of Caribbean Studies and founder and president of Women United for Equality and Peace. From the early years of her life, Ms. Vega has been a social justice and women’s rights activist.