Have you read books written by Mitch Albom. You know the guy who wrote Tuesdays with Morrie and 5 People You Meet in Heaven. I bought 5 People You Meet in Heaven few years ago out of curiosity. I heard a lot about this book and I'm wondering what's so good about it. It turns out to be one of the best book I've read.
The story was simple. If one day you died and if you can meet 5 people that made an impact in your 60-70 years of life who would it be. You'll be surprised that some of them is someone you don't even expected. Furthermore, the book is not the Dewan Bahasa thick kind of book and the language he used is very simple.
So last 2 weeks I bought another of his book, 'For One More Day'. The story was about a guy who attempting suicide but failed. During the unconsciousness he met his mother who had died 8 years ago. It's like he revisited his mother life once again. He find out about the why his father left his family, how his mother struggled to give a good life to him and few other things.
It made you think that you can't take life for granted. How do you know when would be your last moment with your loved ones. For this guy, he had a chance to have one more day with his mother to know and said everything that needs to be said. But us, do we have it? Obviously not. What's over is over.
There's few quotation that was very nice from this book. Some my favourites are:
"-now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted."
"A child embarrassed by his mother is just a child who hasn't lived long enough."
"Going back to something is harder than you think."
"Here is what you are going to find out about marriage: you have to work at it together. And you have to love 3 things. You have to love
The story was simple. If one day you died and if you can meet 5 people that made an impact in your 60-70 years of life who would it be. You'll be surprised that some of them is someone you don't even expected. Furthermore, the book is not the Dewan Bahasa thick kind of book and the language he used is very simple.
So last 2 weeks I bought another of his book, 'For One More Day'. The story was about a guy who attempting suicide but failed. During the unconsciousness he met his mother who had died 8 years ago. It's like he revisited his mother life once again. He find out about the why his father left his family, how his mother struggled to give a good life to him and few other things.
It made you think that you can't take life for granted. How do you know when would be your last moment with your loved ones. For this guy, he had a chance to have one more day with his mother to know and said everything that needs to be said. But us, do we have it? Obviously not. What's over is over.
There's few quotation that was very nice from this book. Some my favourites are:
"-now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted."
"A child embarrassed by his mother is just a child who hasn't lived long enough."
"Going back to something is harder than you think."
"Here is what you are going to find out about marriage: you have to work at it together. And you have to love 3 things. You have to love
- each other
- your children
- your marriage
what I mean by that last one is, there may be times that you fight and sometimes you and her won't like each other. But those are the times you have to love your marriage. It's like a third party. Look at your wedding photos. Look at the memories you've made. And if you believe in those memories, they will pull you back together."
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