H. K. O'Hara

H. K. O'Hara, a.k.a. Heather K. O’Hara, is an award-winning poet, novelist and metaphysical author who inspires us to look beyond the ordinary and find the extraordinary. Focusing on our divine humanness, self-love, inner-peace, kindness and world friendship, she has authored numerous volumes of original poetry, inspirational articles and self-empowerment books. In 2019 she stopped publishing under her full name, Heather K. O’Hara, choosing to publish all current and future works using the shortened version of her name, H. K. O’Hara.

The Poet Laureate for "10 Million Clicks for Peace"—one of the largest online peace organizations in the world, founded by Rick Beneteau and Julian Kalmar; and endorsed by Arun Gandhi, Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and countless others who envision a more peaceful world—her passion for writing has taken on many different forms.

In May 2019 she released her first novel, The Promise of the Tea-Gods—inspired by a true event in her life. (Yes, she really did send a well-known South Korean Ballad Singer a birthday card on a popular social network—and, yes, he really did delete her from his friends list right after receiving it!) But, ever the finder of something-good, she chose to let it inspire her and transformed the click of a delete button into a 753-page novel!

"In this world—where nothing is as it seems—when something is deleted, something else is always activated. So, the only question is: What might that something be?"

—H. K. O’Hara

Currently working on the sequel to The Promise of the Tea-Gods, she is taking all the main characters (K, Soo-kang, Binnie, Temma and The Four) onwards and upwards as they continue becoming more. And, one beautiful step at a time, they will all walk together again in Book 2: The Song of the Tea-Gods.

In 2020 she will be releasing another volume of inspirational poems, Beautiful Seeker, which is filled with words that will whisper to your soul, make your heart sing, and lead you to the deepest place within yourself.

Inspired by both the seen and the unseen; a lover of dawn and other poetic moments, H. K. O'Hara dances with life, letting it take her wherever life takes us when we show up for the sunrise, breathe it in, and let it remind us of who we really are.

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Quotes from THE PROMISE OF THE TEA-GODS

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“People hurt each other inadvertently all the time—even people who love each other deeply. But if we let go of the hurt and hold onto the love, then love is the only thing we’ll feel. Whether it’s hurt, guilt, regrets or love—we all get to choose what we hold onto.” —H.K. O’Hara, from THE PROMISE OF THE TEA-GODS, © 2019 by H.K. O’Hara | Chapter 2: the simultaneous day—part one

“Being afraid makes you human. Being human makes you beautiful. Being beautiful makes you reach for the deepest place. And reaching for the deepest place makes you divine.” —H. K. O’Hara, from THE PROMISE OF THE TEA-GODS, © 2019 by H.K. O’Hara | chapter 17: the tea-waltz

“I’d rather whisper love—even if it’s not heard, it becomes part of the one who did not hear it.” —H. K. O’Hara, from THE PROMISE OF THE TEA-GODS, © 2019 by H.K. O’Hara | chapter 17: the tea-waltz

“Everyone does what they do because at the time it seems like the right thing to do, the best thing to do, or the only thing to do.” —H. K. O’Hara, from THE PROMISE OF THE TEA-GODS, © 2019 by H.K. O’Hara | chapter 18: the secret of the glass house

“Then don’t touch it . . . Don’t touch what you don’t trust to be beautiful once it becomes part of you.” —H. K. O’Hara, from THE PROMISE OF THE TEA-GODS, © 2019 by H.K. O’Hara | chapter 20: the ungluing of a ballad singer