From a very young age I have had my head in a book. I love to read and have a thirst for knowledge. Over the past 12 years I have read numerous self-development books. You can imagine my delight when looking through a pile of my partners books I found The Celestine Prophecy, Anthony Robbins - Awaken the Giant Within and Dr Wayne Dyer’s - Your Erroneous zones. The first two had been on my list for a while and they both more than lived up to expectation. I had not heard of Dr. Dyer before however, since connecting with more and more people on FB I keep noticing his name so this morning at breakfast I did a very quick précis and then read the final chapter. Dr Dyer includes the following quote from the Reader’s Digest
Nothing on earth renders happiness less approachable than trying to find it. Historian Will Durant described how he looked for happiness in knowledge, and found disillusionment. He then sought happiness in travel and found weariness; in wealth and found discord and worry. He looked for happiness in his writing and was only fatigued. One day he saw a woman waiting in a tiny car with a sleeping child in her arms. A man descended from a train and came over and gently kissed the woman and then the baby, very softly so as not to awaken him. The family drove off and left Durant with a stunning realization of the real nature of happiness. He relaxed and discovered that ‘every normal function of life holds some delight’.
I like to say something positive to the boys as they set off for school so this morning it was ‘Enjoy each moment of today’. They are not quite on the same wavelength as me yet however, they are starting to realise that they have a choice.
Enjoy each moment!
Noelyne
