Thanks to a friend for her FB post about the book by Oprah Winfrey. When I read her post, I knew I wanted to pick this. It has gems in every single sentence. Not a binge read definitely. It is a book to be read, ruminated and re read and so on.
Oprah Winfrey through her book What I Know For Sure has tried giving life mantras in the simplest form as they could be. Many a times we try getting into things, understanding them in complex manner, why not choose a simple way? This book does so. A simple, straight narration of her experiences and how they shaped her life and learnings that can help us to pave our path to a beautiful end.
Leaving here some lines that made me pause and ponder:
1. When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance. (It will take quite a time to imbibe this)
2. You have the choice this very moment - the only moment you have for certain.
3. Who could I have become if I had finally done the things I always wanted to do?
4. Books, for me, used to be a way to escape. I now consider reading a good book a sacred indulgence, a chance to be any place I choose. (A bibliophile can relate)
5. And my number one-spiritual practice is trying to live in the present moment.. To resist projecting into the future, or lamenting past mistakes... To feel the real power of now. That my friends is the secret to a joyful life ( My score in this is ZERO or NEGATIVE may be. I really really need to work hard for this)
6. What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. You will have to step right or left in search of new centre of gravity.
7.When you define yourself by the things you can acquire rather than see what you really need to be happy and fulfilled, you're not just living beyond your means or overextending yourself. You're living a lie.
What a book it has been!!! Each page of the 228 pages has a lesson. May be lessons for person like me who is groping most of the time😛, trying to figure out things, defining them, feeling incomplete within. (Hard confessions). Now, What I know for sure is: This book takes a place in the 'To be Re-read shelf'
