The Book Everyone Should Read

OK Lovelies.

Firstly thank you for ALL the wonderful messages

you all sent me via the blog and the other

social media platforms I am on. I can't tell you

how much each and everyone of  them lifted my spirits.

I had planned to be away from my blog a lot

longer than week. But there is just something about

the wonderful connections blogs create, that brought

me back her so quickly. It's like

chatting to a group of girlfriends without having

to get out of your pi's ;-)

OK, back to why I am here so quickly.

In my quest for trying to deal with my grief,

the first thing I did was  reach for books. 

That is where I find solace.

How can I control my feelings? 

How can I gain perspective'

How can I move forward?

I hate the feeling of "just letting things be".

I need to do something.

I tried The Power of Now which lost me after the

first 5 pages. I just wasn't ready for something

so esoteric. I needed "do-able".

So whilst searching for some peace of mind,

I serendipitously heard an interview by the

author Gabe Berman.

OMG!! This man GOT IT. He was also

so funny with it which really helped me.

So I got onto his website. Connected with

him (and he is the most wonderful and caring

person you can imagine-bearing in mind he doesn't

know me from Adam!)

I then bought his book Live Like a Fruit Fly

and started devouring every page like a demon 

possessed.

I have mentioned it to every friend I have spoken

to this week.

If there is ONE book to read this year, 

make it this one. It's not "woo-woo" at all.

It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. 

But most importantly, it will give you a perspective

on how we generally live our lives, which for most 

of us is not working that well  (despite our

Instagram feed ;-)

This is what Gabe says

"Fruit flies are born, begin attending to their fruit-fly

agendas, then succumb to death before witnessing a single

change in season……….They don't waste time waiting for

tomorrow". 

Through anecdotes, insightful musings and hopeful

messages Gabe emphasizes the importance of living

our best life now; not tomorrow, next month, when the

children have left home, when we retire…..etc.

He emphasizes why NOW is all we really have and

how to live in this process with gratitude.

Listen, Gabe is not some monk who went and 

sat on a Himalayan mountain top to become

enlightened. He is "real" (for me anyway).

He comes from the cut and thrust world of corporate

America. He is not going to ask you to start chanting

and ringing Tibetan bells (although there is nothing wrong

with that). 

But right now I needed a fresh perspective;

 a perspective I could relate to and which

I felt was real and do-able. I don't have

time to "find myself". My grief is too raw.

I need to move forward now.

I don't have time to do the "Eat, Pay Love" thing;

maybe next year ;-)

I just needed something that would

resonate NOW.

Treat yourself  to this wonderful

quick read. It's a great way for all of us

to start the year whether you are in the midst of

grief  or just going through the motions

of another January, another year.

Make this one different for the right reasons.

p.s I am not an affiliate for this book or for the author. 

It's just something I loved and wanted to share.

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