One of the MANY joys of being a Peace Corps volunteer is that I get lots of time to do things that I love to do....such as reading. Peace Corps volunteers have been known to read lots and lots of books…I mean some have read hundreds while volunteering. I don’t know if I will read that many but I do love to read and plan to do a lot of it. So I thought it would be informative and fun to let you all know what I am reading and more importantly what I thought of said book.
My book rating system is as follows:
LOVES IT- life changing, fantastic, brilliant, start reading it today!
Great- solid, entertaining, engaging, a must read!
Good- well written, interesting, informative, wouldn’t hurt to read it.
Alright- okay, passes the time, read it if your bored and there is nothing else to read.
Ewww- confusing, slow, weird, not well written, could be good to use a decoration.
Terrible-waste of time, very bad, don’t ever read and pass the word to others.
ps… I would LOVE it if you sent me a book or too (paperback only) as books in English are nearly impossible to find. I am on www.goodreads.com which is a social networking site for books and where you can find a list of the books I want to read, have read or are currently reading. Look for me!
Anyways, onto my first book! THE POWER.
Rating: LOVES IT
The Power by Rhonda Byrne is the follow up book to Byrne’s best seller The Secret. For those of you who have not read The Secret, you definitely should. In a nutshell, The Secret teaches its readers to understand, appreciate and use the law of attraction to make their life better. It says that what you put out into the universe you will receive back to you. Since I have become aware of The Secret, I see it at work throughout my life all the time. The Secret has become such a large a part of life that when The Secret happens to me or around me…I immediately name it as The Secret, saying out loud “that’s The Secret”. My mom, sister and gramma name it as well. We’re pretty much obsessed. Which is why when I learned about The Power, I couldn’t wait to read it!
In The Power Byrne takes The Secret and the law of attraction one step further. Essentially, The Power claims you can have everything that you want to have in life. You can have a wonderful job, great relationships, strong health, etc. All you have to do for this to happen is tap into The Power. And The Power, is the greatest law of all… the law of LOVE.
The Power maintains that if you project LOVE into the universe and feel that LOVE you will be able to have whatever you want. Having The Power means putting out LOVE, in the form of good feelings, such as Love, Gratitude, Joy, Passion, Hope and Positivity. Once you project and feel these good things, good things will happen for you. Just as The Secret, the guiding principle of The Power is that what you give out to the universe you receive back to you. So if you give out LOVE and Positivity then you will receive LOVE and Positivity back.
So obviously the above explanation of The Power is very abbreviated. But hopefully you get the general idea. I know that this whole concept might seem a little too weird or out there for some of you reading this. But the reason I rated this book so high is because the idea of loving everything and projecting and feeling positivity speaks to me deeply.
I am by nature a pretty optimistic person, but reading this book reminded me the importance of being positive and engaging in things that bring happiness and good feelings into the world. Because not only do those things impact others in a positive way but it also will impact me in positive ways…ways that I might not even be able to imagine.
So projecting and feeling LOVE throughout life might not be for everyone…but it seems like a brilliant idea to me. I mean what could be wrong with that? And so I am going to do my best to think and feel LOVE more times a day than I don’t. I am going to tap into The Power. And I think you should too…or at least read the book.
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