My October

Despite of my piling works and my not-getting-any-better fever, I managed to finish reading two inspiring books. The two are Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic and Find Your Strongest Life by Marcus Buckingham.

Life Without Limits.

Life Without Limits is basically a compilation of advices told by a person without limbs. The man who is a strong believer of Christ frequently pinpoints his situation and limitations and  later explains on how he manages to deal it. He's successfully arranged his words thus people who are beautifully born with limbs will get inspired and have the guts to fight their limitations. I think that it is helpful for you to have a gist of this book by studying the chapters of the 272 pages book:

1. If You Can't Get a Miracle, Become One.
2. No Arms, No Legs, No Limit.
3. Full Assurance in the Heart.
4. Love the Perfectly Imperfect You.
5. Attitude is Altitude.
6. Armless But Not Harmless.
7. Don't Let Your Face Plant Grow Roots.
8. The New Bloke in the Bushes.
9. Trust Others, More or Less.
10. An Equal Opportunity Hugger.
11. The Ridiculous Rules.
12. Make Giving Your Mission.

Now are some interesting quotes from the book:

You can't always control what happens to you. There are some occurrences in life that are not your fault or within your power to stop. The choice you have is either to give up or to keep on striving for a better life. My advice is to know that everything happens for a reason and in the end good will come of it. 

Life may be kicking you around right now. You may wonder if your fortunes will improve. I'm telling you that you can't even imagine the good that awaits you if you refuse to give up. Stay focused on your dream. Do whatever it takes to stay in the chase. You have the power to change your circumstances. Go after whatever it is you desire. 

Life can seem cruel, no doubt about it. Sometimes the bad breaks pile up and you just can't see a way out. You may not like the sound of that, but maybe you still aren't convinced that it can happen for you right now. The fact that as mere mortals, you and I have limited vision. We can't possibly see what lies ahead. That's both the bad news and the good news. My encouragement to you is that what lies ahead may be far better than anything you ever thought possible. But it's up to you to get over it, get up and show up!

When you feel wiped out and blown away by a huge challenge, trust that anything is possible. You may not see a way out at the moment. You may feel that the whole world is lined up against you. But believe that circumstances can change, solutions can appear and help can arrive from unexpected places. Then anything is possible.

Find You Strongest Life

A decade from now, I will absolutely re-read this book. The book which is well-written by a man from his close observation and work with women focuses on the life of women who aim at having a firm control over their career, dream, family and kids. This book, to some extent, provides a manual for women to live their lives to the fullest, have all of the above in their grip and essentially, lead a happy life; a study on 1.3 million men and women discovers that women today are less happy relative to where they were forty years ago and relative to men. In short, this is a good book that can empower women as it provides readers, who are mainly women, with detailed guidances and advices on how to manage their dilemmas, concerns and priorities.

There are a lot of interesting quotes in this book and below are two of them:

Most women do have a genuine choice about how to spend their waking hours and most women want this choice. The challenge with choice, though, is that when you have one, you have to make one, and more importantly, you have to make the right one. Whether you like it or not, the responsibility lies with you to sort through all the possible choices you could make and land on the very few you should make then having narrowed your options, you are supposed to make your choice with no fear, no guilt and no lingering regret. For a woman today, this is almost impossibly hard because the choices are so numerous and the stakes so high. Should you have child first and then focus on your job? Should you follow your artistic dream now or wait until you've saved money in the bank? Is it better to take the job with fewer responsibilities if it means more time with your family? Should you keep your child at home or send her to day care? Work longer hours to afford better qualified nanny? Care for your mother or take that banking job to help pay for the nurse? Stay in a job that numbs you or risk it all for one that doesn't? Risk everything for yourself or stay settled for others? The questions are endless; the answers open-ended; the consequences of making the wrong choice almost too frighten to contemplate. You may hope that being at work while your child is at day care is a sensible option - but you know you would never forgive yourself if the choice proved to be wrong.

Life will place enough obstacles in your way - money worries, difficult colleagues, a spouse who doesn't understand you. Don't let the biggest obstacle of all be your own self-denial. Acceptance means:

• Be trusting: You know better than anyone else which moments strengthen you and which don't.

• Be bold: Whatever you discover about yourself, follow it through to the actions your discover demands.

•  Be gentle: Not every choice you make will be the right one, but if you withhold your judgement and keep listening to the best of yourself, the next one might be.

The above might help in giving you a gist on what the book is about. Further, Marcus and his team have brilliantly came out with a test called Strong Life Test. I did the test whilst reading the book and discovered that my Lead Role is Teacher and my Supporting Role is Advisor. Fuh, I am glad that my roles fit my job well and hey, I think I've found my passion. It is TEACHING!

Take the test to discover your roles. Then, try to find out if your roles fit your current or future job prospect.  Good luck!

Besides that I was driven by inspiring advices from the books, in October, I also was driven by a good piece of advice from a friend who always has the right words to say in any situation.

He know what's best for you and if He want to answer your prayer, He will in a portion that you will not lost.


Good books and good friends make me feel blessed. I thank God for them :)






Next post's sneak peak:
"Why are you playing alone in the dark?"
"I'm not alone. I'm with Danny. He's next to me"

"Okay, share with me, what is your wish?"
"I wish I have a friend. A friend that no one else can see but me. An imaginary friend."