Friday, October 10, 2014

Life Teacher -- Books

Books are my friends and my teachers. I couldn't come up of any controversial books that moved the whole world but three influential books in my world are as the following:


Tuesdays with Morrie 

(Chinese: 最後14堂星期二的課)

Author: Mitch Albom

Recommended site: Quotes of Tuesdays with Morrie


Tuesdays with Morrie is my first life-long educational book. It talks about attitude of life, what is the meaning of life,  how to live life and how to make your life complete.

I cry like a baby every time, especially when I read about Morrie's death, I feel like I lost my best friend just like Mitch (another main character in this book). Morrie taught me how to love and be loved, taught me about what dignity is, even incurable illness torturing him, he didn't bend or break down, just live his life and cherish the time he had left. Live each day as if it is your last, embracing death and you will learn how to live.

It has changed, shaped my personalities. I used to think I wasn't belong anywhere till I read the story about Morrie, I awakened from the grey world. Learn to accept others walk into my heart, learn how to see the bright side of the world, learn to be a better person.


The Secret 

(Chinese: 秘密)

Author: Rhonda Byrne


The Secret constructed my belief, I don't mean belief as a religion aspect, just I started to believe in myself, I can do anything I want, I can be anything that I want to be, I am the only one can make my own wish come true.


'The world will follow your thoughts and make your wish comes true' it said, 'if you feel bad about what is going to happen, you are calling the world to make a bad wish to become reality, but if you hope for something good and the world will be the way you want.'


I was uncertain about myself, I doubted myself and felt shamed about myself. I questioned myself: how could you do this tiny thing wrong? Then, I met The Secret. It told me that I should try to affirm decision I make, even I will find them wrong ten years later , leave my regrets for the one from ten years later.


100 Steps to Failure

(Thai: 100 ขั้นตอนสู่ความล้มเหล/Chinese:100個照著做一定會失敗的方法)

Author/Illustrator: Teepagorn Wuttipitayamongkol

100 Steps to Failure teaches you how to be a loser. Bookstores and libraries full of books teach you to be successful, but you rarely see any book teach you about ways to failure and that's why Teepagorn wrote this book. 

It is comic book, presenting ideas in both illustrations and words like the picture showed on the left-hand side. This is step 41 to failure, it suggested "Before starting anything, first put yourself in a failure mood and thoughts and you shall feel the world is tumbling fall, you have nothing to do with the situation".


To me, this book is a reminder keeps me on track, not to be stray, reminding me to do better and I can do better than who I was.


(Credit goes to: http://www.imagesbuddy.com/)"Books are a uniquely portable magic"


Other photos by me.


4 comments:

  1. I like the quote from Stephen King. Your choices are all emotional and mostly inspirational. The book about failure sounds funny.

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  2. My coworker told me about "The Secret" book. I didn't think it was real! It must be a great read since I've heard about it more than once. I'm curious to found out. :P

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  3. I think it's normal to cry when you find that your favourite character is dead. I remember having my head bang on the pillow after reading Augustus Water's death in "The Fault in our Stars". :)

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  4. Tuesdays with Morrie is the one title out of these that I vaguely recognize. Considering that you said it changed who you are as a person, it seems like it is quite a moving novel.

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