okay. enough studying for now.
time for a breather.

i recently finished reading 2 great books.
tuesdays with morrie and for one more day, both by mitch albom.
i loved them.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

i especially loved tuesdays with morrie.
basically, e story's abt a dying professor sharing his thoughts abt life issues with his ex-student, someone who was too caught up with e rat race to pause and ponder.
it presented a very deep insight of life.
and i identify with what e book is trying to bring across.

have u ever wondered why people are so afraid so aging?
have u ever thought to yourself, "i wish i could go back to e past/i wish i was young again.."?
morrie says:
"you know what it reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning. Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.."

does that set u thinking?
do u think of things u wish u had done or hadn't done?
life is too short to live with regrets.
we should embrace aging, just like morrie did.

this book is so powerful, i always paused before flipping to e next page.
i made sure i understood wat morrie was trying to express.
this book stirred up emotions in me that i never thought i could feel just by reading a book.
it provoked me to think about life.
i smiled, teared, cried, sobbed while reading it. i'm not kidding u. sobbed.
i jotted down lines along e way.
i need to start highlighting quotes from e book.
inspirational!


FOR ONE MORE DAY

an author wrote in praise of this book:
"If you had the chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it? And if you did, would you be big enough to stand it? (this book) will make you smile...make you blink back tears of nostalgia...it will make you believe in the eternal power of a mother's love."


i loved this paragraph from the introduction: (wanna share this especially with peirong..)

"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. What if you got it back?"

this story is abt a man whose life is so broken, he chooses to commit suicide.
he stumbles back to his past and sees his mum (who died years ago), who helps him piece his life back together again.

another beautifully written book, with quotes galore.
i feel that what the author tries to bring across in this book is not so much abt life, but more of e impact of a mother's love on a child.
i thought a lot abt my mum as i read e book.
there were times i was mean to her, but she always let it pass.
such is e power of a mother's love. pure and unconditional.

read these 2 books peeps!
super duper highly recommended!