About
After finishing my Ph.D., when I found myself grappling with life’s great questions, when everything did not work out the way I planned in my head, and bewilderment was all around me, I found the resolve to begin the process of writing this book. Through each season of pain, I have found the agency to manifest prosperity. My story and this book are not shared to boast, but rather are offered as a testimony, that through each of life’s test, can come the opportunity to harness our own greatness.
The Invitation to Love is a compilation of short stories each illustrating the power of love if we are willing to accept it. The book is tied together in three tenets that frame my daily practice for living powerfully: to live in my truth, to persevere, and to have a healthy disregard for the impossible.
The book was conceived in love, prayed over with love, and offered to the reader with all that love in total. May that same energy that conceived The Invitation to Love be with you from this point forward. - Darren
Praise for The Invitation to Love
"No other read has motivated me so much to look inward and consider my own insecurities both about love and life. As a person who too often suppresses the pain, complications and worry, The Invitation to Love opened my heart to the opportunity of self-reflection, and in that the unfolding of emotion, like a bud in spring. Darren's gift lies in his ability to speak so close to his own soul, a voice so pronounced as you read from chapter to chapter, you feel that he is seated beside you. This book will inspire you."
Michael Anthony Villasenor, Creative Director at The New York Times
“Darren takes the reader on a journey - like skipping rocks across a serene lake at dawn - leaving the reader to apply his own life lessons leading to being open to receiving and giving love.”
Jessica Pettitt, Good Enough Now.com
"Honest and inspiring, this gem of a book can change your perspective, attitude, and feelings about yourself and others. It awakens the heart for receiving and giving love."
Susan Friedmann, CSP, International best-selling author of Riches in Niches: How to Make it BIG in a small market.
"Every now and then an event happens that makes you realize the true meaning of life. This book can be 'that event' which will completely change your entire perspective. This soon-to-be classic will remind you that love, in its purest sense, is truly a privilege and should always be honored, cherished and kept sacred. Get ready for your future to be forever altered as your relationships will never again be the same!"
Patrick Snow, Publishing Coach and International Best Selling Author of Creating Your Own Destiny
“As a gay, black man from a broken home, Darren Pierre has experienced the feeling of not being enough, battled with self-esteem and relationship issues, and experienced love’s pain, but he has also pushed aside resentment, found wholeness in forgiveness, and now shares his lessons about love with others. His courageous spirit, gentle soul, and words of truth will help heal your spirit and inspire you to re-embrace the beauty of life and all its possibilities.
Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D., and award-winning author of Narrow Lives and The Best Place
"This book is a treasure! It uses stories and personal examples to illustrate an extraordinary view of life and the relationships that make it worth living. When you practice the perspectives offered in this book, you will find your life greatly enriched."
Tracy Maxwell, Author Being Single, with Cancer
“Powerful, Authentic, Clear, Accessible, Timely and Needed. Darren’s work is for anybody who has ever wondered if they are enough. Darren’s work offers a healing journey and creates the opportunity for folks to have a “Me Too” moment. The “Me Too” moment is the one that let’s you know you are not alone. In a world with such suffering in isolation, this is a must read."
Dr. Jaime Washington, President of the Washington Consulting Group
“The Invitation to Love is not just a book title, but truly an invitation to not only change your perspective and outlook on life, but an invitation to pause and reflect from a place of thankfulness-to appreciate your unique life experiences regardless of how painful they may be. You’re going to learn to forgive and accept and find love! This book and Darren offer the world a new way to be and a new way to live within the truth of your spirit’s calling. A touching thoughtful must read!”
Nicole Gabriel author of Finding Your Inner Truth
