The sun sets on another day…
T’was cloudy as the night closed in and took the sky to sleep, and as we sat and listened well, the birds all went to sleep. When light was gone and color too, the sky was then so dark, that tomorrow will bring a happy day, until the dogs all bark.
I read quite a few books this weekend. I find myself occasionally getting lost in and uplifting motivational book or an indie fiction. This week I’ve read several motivational books and giggled along the way. What is funny is that these motivational books usually say nothing new. There is no magic formula just as my consistent message of “don’t whine about your past or pine about your future but instead define yourself every day” has been said many times in different ways. It’s just a matter of words.
Just about the only thing that’s changing with newer books is the brevity of those books. Instead of explaining things many of the newer books have a tendency of just stating this is the way that it is, often without considering if it is the way that it is. These books leave out details and all of the exceptions to the rules are quickly discarded as unimportant. It’s almost crazy talk. One of the books I read this weekend was about public speaking and although I enjoyed some of the approach, a lot of the approach was invalid. The key elements of the entire book seemed to revolve around the Toastmasters creed and could be picked up fairly easily just by attending a single toastmasters meeting. I’m sure that’s not what they intended but that’s how it came across to me.
Why is it that different words work in different manners for different people? For me it seems to point to the fact that we’re all different. Seems to make a lot of sense. As I sit here this evening I find myself considering all the words that we use and truly wished that we could find common ground and use it. Sounds fun doesn’t it?
Read any good books lately? Were they prophetic and opened your mind to new possibilities? Did you find them just a retelling of the same old story? Did you have fun reading them? Read any of my books? Sounds fun doesn’t it?
So as the sun sets on another day, I hope you read and read a lot. Find the words to open your mind to possibilities. Along the way I hope you learn a few things and mostly I hope you enjoy the words and keep being awesome every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and keep reading…