my life recently has been about trying to get out of a rut. it's been very hard on me. fortunately, i have been able to climb myself out of it. two books have crossed my path and i don't think it was by coincidence. as i went to the library to print out my resume, i walked down the aisles by the copy machines. i found myself in the "you can do it/think big" aisle. out of the several books that i wanted to check out, i decided to go with "make the impossible possible" by bill strickland. it is an excellent example of how the author broke out of societies expectations and labels to do great things with his life. he did not let his background (poor) or skin color (black) to hold him back. of course, when he was younger things were a different story but through events in his teen years, he saw that those things were not real limitations. from that day forward, he never looked back. by following his heart he has changed his community and many lives by helping them get good jobs--jobs that could lift the person and their family out of poverty.
the second book, i just picked up a few weeks ago, is titled, "the traveler's gift: seven decisions that determine personal success" by andy andrews. this book was calling out to me more than the first one. this, though, non-fiction, is written really well in a way that it teaches the reader a few important lessons about how to attain personal success. ironically, it was a response to some of the complaints that i had written about a few posts back regarding what to do with my life.
i highly recommend both books and i know if i ever meet anyone who is going through what i am going through, i will tell them to read these books.
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