The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

I will admit that I selected this book out of the library because it is only 196 pages in length. I was looking around for a quick read and had recognized the book title.

Hollywood has already made a flick out of this one. Best to read this before producers mangle the text.

I was not prepared for the incredible nuggets of wisdom dropped throughout this book like a trail of diamonds. Each statement stands on its own, demanding to be examined and reread over and over.


So... a short read turned into a long feast as I savored every page of this work.


Here are some samples from the text:


" All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair."
(p.104 Mitch Albom, copyright 2003)


" Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surfaceand must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive."
(p. 164, Mitch Albom, copyright 2003)


During the Twilight Zone Marathon over the New Year's weekend, Hubby and I got into a discussion about the lost art of storytelling. Rod Serling had stated that if you tell people a good story they will take the time to sit down and listen.


This book is a jewel of storytelling.


Get a copy, a nice cup of cocoa and be prepared to sit down for a beautiful evening with this book as your companion.


ENJOY!









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Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too ––– even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.— Morrie Schwartz, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom

Born Into Brothels: Photographs by the Children of Calcutta by Zana Briski

This is my thinking chair.

It is an old kitchen chair given to me by one of my sisters .

It was originally black with the paint faded and worn around the edges.

I saw a documentary called BORN INTO BROTHELS.




I was inspired by bountiful colors from the film and its companion book.
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The color scheme reminds me of the unwavering hope of so many of the children being raised in desperate circumstances.

Like a lotus flower blooming in the mud.

So, I painted my chair to symbolize hope.
To bloom from where I have been planted.

The seat cover is my first crochet project. It is pulled together from bits and scraps of yarn I had found laying about in the bottom of craft bins; reminds me of how I pull bits and scraps of information and emotions together when I write.

So there it is...
my thinking chair.
Inspired by the beuty of Zana Briski and the children of INdia.

And now I am going to sit here and think my thoughts.
And while I am thinking today, I dwell upon the wonder of a photographer who came to India. She came to India to photograph the women of the brothels, and fulfilled a need for the children of these women.
Here program is called Kids with Cameras.
The documentary about this work won the Academy Award in 2005.
Learn more by visiting the links below.
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