Stay Present and Love Him: A Memoir

In Stay Present and Love Him Ann Gila shows how unpredictable life and love can be and how you might just get what you wish for. You can call it a miracle, destiny, or maybe even divine intervention. And then once you get what you wish for, you learn profound lessons from living with it. She writes authentically about her life with John Firman, a relationship that comes only after their involvement in a cult, years of separation, and numerous intervening relationships. It is a love story filled with hope and despair, a reaching out for love that seems impossible, but holding true despite all obstacles, guided by inner faith to a remarkable marriage in which both Gila and Firman come to know true intimacy. A marriage based upon total trust and vulnerability, commitment to truth, and an intellectual delight in co-creating significant innovations in psychosynthesis theory. A consummately romantic relationship, including shared adventures in motorcycle riding, the colorful world of playing blues guitar, and a miraculous journey to romantic Italy in search of family roots. It is also a marriage in which Gila and Firman support each other through dark periods of great loss, guided in good times as well as hard times by a deeply shared faith.