Book: I'm Fine Spirit - Get Through Tough TimesAuthor: Ryuho Okawa
Publisher: Jaico
Pages: 95
Price: Rs 175
Eisha Sarkar
Spiritual leader and Happy Science founder Ryuho Okawa brings you a textbook for happiness. In 26 really short chapters, the Japanese author suggests how to get through tough times by removing "all the fetters and complications as if you were sweeping out the cobwebs with a broom".
"Only if life were that simple," you think wondering what he'll tell you next. He eggs you "to keep the snowball rolling, even if pebbles and dirt get mixed in...Every situation you encounter and every person you meet in life is a teacher. If you can adopt this perspective, every encounter and all relationships you have will be a lesson that will benefit you."
As you turn the pages, you actually start relishing the simple truths Okawa's unfolded. You've known these all along and Okawa doesn't teach you anything new. He just puts it in a way so that you can delve, deliberate and take decisive action. He urges you to be like a long-distant runner instead of a sprinter. "Sprints last a few hundred yards, but consider marathons that last twenty six miles. If you are no good at sprinting, then ask yourself if you have any talent for long-distance running. Sometimes, you must change your perspective."
There are recipes for success and ways of how to handle failure. The book's simple and can be used by people of all age groups and classes. The book's about finding happiness in the simple ways of life in a rather tough, complicated world.
I'm Fine Spirit is refreshing. You'll read the book at one sitting and probably keep coming back to it. Nothing works better than a few good words of encouragement when the going gets tough. The book offers nothing that you don't already know but leave enough for you to think. Now, isn't that self-help?
Publisher: Jaico
Pages: 95
Price: Rs 175
Eisha Sarkar
Spiritual leader and Happy Science founder Ryuho Okawa brings you a textbook for happiness. In 26 really short chapters, the Japanese author suggests how to get through tough times by removing "all the fetters and complications as if you were sweeping out the cobwebs with a broom".
"Only if life were that simple," you think wondering what he'll tell you next. He eggs you "to keep the snowball rolling, even if pebbles and dirt get mixed in...Every situation you encounter and every person you meet in life is a teacher. If you can adopt this perspective, every encounter and all relationships you have will be a lesson that will benefit you."
As you turn the pages, you actually start relishing the simple truths Okawa's unfolded. You've known these all along and Okawa doesn't teach you anything new. He just puts it in a way so that you can delve, deliberate and take decisive action. He urges you to be like a long-distant runner instead of a sprinter. "Sprints last a few hundred yards, but consider marathons that last twenty six miles. If you are no good at sprinting, then ask yourself if you have any talent for long-distance running. Sometimes, you must change your perspective."
There are recipes for success and ways of how to handle failure. The book's simple and can be used by people of all age groups and classes. The book's about finding happiness in the simple ways of life in a rather tough, complicated world.
I'm Fine Spirit is refreshing. You'll read the book at one sitting and probably keep coming back to it. Nothing works better than a few good words of encouragement when the going gets tough. The book offers nothing that you don't already know but leave enough for you to think. Now, isn't that self-help?
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