my late book review…

I was supposed to post this entry like ages ago bit I just didn’t know how to do a book review as I never did 1 before. So here it is, the first book review of my life. Hehe..

Well, the book that I read is Chicken Soup For The Soul; Living Your Dreams by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. The book is full of inspirational stories, powerful principles and practical techniques to make your dreams come true. In this tenth anniversary edition, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen share time tested strategies that will help create the life that you want, be it attaining financial freedom, enjoying more fulfilling relationships, spending more time with your family or living as a healthier lifestyle.

One particular story in this fabulous book attracted me. The title is, ‘Never too old to live your dream’. It is about an 87 year old charming old lady named Rose who never had a chance to graduate till that ‘young’ innocent age. Over the course of the school year, Rose became a campus icon and evryone loved her. This is the dialogue that she said which I wil never forget. ‘We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only 4 secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humour each and every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. There are so many people walking around who are dead and they don’t even know it! There is a giant difference between growing older and growing up. If you are 19 but you stay in bed for a whole year and do nothing, you will turn 20. If I am 87 and do the same thing, I will turn 88. Anyone can grow older. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity to change. Lastly, have no regrets. The elderly usually have no regrets. Only the people whe fear death have regrets.’
At year’s end, Rose finished her degree she had begun all those years ago and she died peacefully in her sleep a week after graduation day. So remember dear friends, it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. This book taught me a lot of lessons of life and it is indeed a great help to me whenever I am feeling down or feel as if the world is crumbling around me because the powerful motivational stories in this fabulous book is definitely an eye opener and is always able to give me the strength to stand back up on my own feet with only the sky as my limit.