I must admit I was a big skeptic of ebooks. I love me some hard copy traditional book that I can read word for word, page per page and savour the intensity of the book with every expression and every feeling, with every stroke of the pen (or,mostly computer). But this week I was given an eBook by someone I consider well...I consider nothing of and I was told it was a must read. The books were out of stock in the bookstores and I just had to read it. I was even given an ebook reader that simulates reading a real book( I thought he was really going out of his way to get me to read the book so I said why not?). I read the first page and I was officially inlove.
That is how the book starts, with a defeating title BUT with a gratifying end. The title fits so well since it just came at a time when I felt I was broken into a million little pieces and I did not know where to beigin to put the pieces back together. And like all the books I read, this was accompanied by a playlist :) My beautiful playlist (my taste in music might not be like everyone else's but it touches my inner core half the time) *chuckle*.
This book is written by one James Frey and talks about his life in addiction and REHAB and the rumblings of his soul while at it. The story starts when he is picked from the airport by his folks after experiencing an overdose and ending up in a state of oblivion. Beat with a broken nose, swollen eyes, knocked out teeth,a hole in his cheek and a bleak life before him, He is checked into rehab and his life story begins...in the most unconventional way he becomes the man he was meant to be.
He learns how to pick up the pieces of his life for the first time in 23 years, he defines himself. He lives one day at a time, finds his soul with every breaking dawn, feels his humanity return with every stormy weather.For a man who had committed so much sin, he sure deals with his problems the best way anyone could not. Baring his soul to himself and forging friendships with only people who speak his truth. He reads the Chinese tao while at it and I can't help but pick a few elements :)
Till later muchachos:* If you can get a hold of this book please READ IT!!!
The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel.
I broke something, Old Man.
How badly is it broken?
It's in a million little pieces.
I'm afraid I can't help you.
Why? There's nothing you can do.
Why? It can't be fixed.
Why? It's broken beyond repair.
It's in a million little pieces.
That is how the book starts, with a defeating title BUT with a gratifying end. The title fits so well since it just came at a time when I felt I was broken into a million little pieces and I did not know where to beigin to put the pieces back together. And like all the books I read, this was accompanied by a playlist :) My beautiful playlist (my taste in music might not be like everyone else's but it touches my inner core half the time) *chuckle*.
This book is written by one James Frey and talks about his life in addiction and REHAB and the rumblings of his soul while at it. The story starts when he is picked from the airport by his folks after experiencing an overdose and ending up in a state of oblivion. Beat with a broken nose, swollen eyes, knocked out teeth,a hole in his cheek and a bleak life before him, He is checked into rehab and his life story begins...in the most unconventional way he becomes the man he was meant to be.
He learns how to pick up the pieces of his life for the first time in 23 years, he defines himself. He lives one day at a time, finds his soul with every breaking dawn, feels his humanity return with every stormy weather.For a man who had committed so much sin, he sure deals with his problems the best way anyone could not. Baring his soul to himself and forging friendships with only people who speak his truth. He reads the Chinese tao while at it and I can't help but pick a few elements :)
"Sixty-four. What is rooted will grow. What is recent can be fixed. What is brittle will break. Prevent trouble before it finds you, put things in order before they exist. The giant tree grows from a single seed. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. If you rush, you'll fail. Hold on to things too tight and you'll lose them. Take action by letting action come to you. Remain as calm at the start as at the finish. If you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. Desire to not desire, learn to unlearn. Care for nothing and you will care for everything."Sneak peak of what is really in the book. I am learning to take responsibility of my actions, to live one day at a time and to embrace every aspect of what makes me who I am :) haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I must admit, this book came in at the right time:) I have become a believer :)
Till later muchachos:* If you can get a hold of this book please READ IT!!!
how i have been looking for this book. thanks for the heads up
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome:) will be posting new reads from now on :)
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