I had a truly profound journey on my way to work this week as I’ve
been reading “Have a little faith by Mitch Albom”. I was so immerse with this
book that I almost wished my travel to work is more than 30mins! But all good
comes to those who wait.
In this day and age it is so easy for us to get in the hype and drown
ourselves in our sorrows thus condoning the bigger picture that is to Have a
little faith. It’s really inspiring to read someone whose faith has never falter
in all that he’s been through. Anyway, since I don’t really do in-depth
reviews here are some of the quotes I have made mental notes on.
“Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you
believe.”
“The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.”
“So, have we solved the secret of happiness?
"I believe so," he said
Are you going to tell me?
"Yes.Ready?"
Ready.
"Be satisfied."
That's it?
"Be greatful."
That's it?
"For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given
you."
That's it?
He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply.
"That's it.”
“To these people, unhappiness was a condition, an intolerable state
of affairs. If pills could help, pills were taken. But pills were not going to
change the fundamental problem in the construction. Wanting what you can’t
have. Looking for self-worth in the mirror. Layering work on top of work and
still wondering why you weren’t satisfied - before working some more.”
“Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always
want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the
bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come”
“I think people expect too much from marriage today,' he said. They
expect perfection. Every moment should be bliss. That's TV or movies. But that
is not the human experience.
. . . twenty good minutes here, forty good minutes there, it adds up to
something beautiful. The trick is when things aren't so great, you don't junk
the whole thing. It's okay to have an argument. It's okay that the other one
nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It's part of being close to someone.
But the joy you get from that same closeness--when you watch your children,
when you wake up and smile at each other--that . . . is a blessing. People
forget that.”
“After the Israelites safely crossed the Red
Sea , the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's
angels wanted to celebrate the enemy's demise.
God saw this and grew angry. He said, in essence, 'Stop celebrating. For they
are my children, too.” (Quoting from the Bible)
“Look, if you say that science will eventually prove there is no
God, on that I must differ. No matter how small they take it back, to a
tadpole, to an atom, there is always something they can’t explain, something
that created it all at the end of the search. And no matter how far they
try to go the other way – to extend life, play around with the genes, clone
this, clone that, live to one hundred and fifty – at some point, life is over.
And then what happens? When the life comes to an end?” “When you come to the
end, that’s where God begins.”
But so many people wage wars in God’s name.
“Mitch,” the Reb said, “God does not want such killing to go on.”
Then why hasn’t it stopped?
He lifted his eyebrows.
“Because man does.”
“Personally, I always wondered about authors and celebrities who
loudly declared there was no God. It was usually when they were healthy and
popular and being listened to by crowds. What happens, I wondered, in the quiet
moments before death? By then, they have lost the stage, the world has moved
on. If suddenly, in their last gasping moments, through fear, a vision, a late
enlightenment, they change their minds about God, who would know?”
"It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no,
than to think that nobody’s out there" (A favorite line of mine)
I simply love this book and I encourage everyone to read it.
Other books of Mitch Albom:
Other books of Mitch Albom:
*Sidenote: I've also changed my Book Slut monthly posts to Book It!, it's more decent to say the least.
Loves,
jCel♥
seems interesting jcel! :)
ReplyDeleteIt is. Great way to start the day right. :D
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