Your Unfinished Life: The Classic and Timeless Guide to Finding Happiness and Success Through Kindness
Author
Lawrence J Danks
Publisher
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Sub-Title: The Classic and Timeless Guide To Finding Happiness and Success Through Kindness. Ever feel as if part of you is missing? Be the person you might never have become. There's still time left in Your Unfinished Life... Self help book germane to finding happiness and achieving success,motivation, inspiration, kindness, service to others and achieving increased fulfillment in the balance of your life. Includes summaries of two classic works on kindness by Jean Guibert and Frederick Faber, accompanied by author commentary. Contains dozens of inspiring quotes from Marcus Aurelius, Mother Teresa, The Dalai Lama, George Foreman, Joel Osteen, David Shipler, Martin Seligman, Stephen Covey, Eckhardt Tolle and many others. Further sources of reference on happiness, kindness and gaining personal insight. Provides revealing insights to lead you to your highest and most fulfilled self, so your unplayed music won't die inside you. An excellent source for personal and library use that can benefit individuals and their communities. A wonderful gift book.
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Reviewed on 04/04/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Kathleen Albertson
This is a very fascinating book. I felt it was written to and for me.. It made me instantly look back on my life on moments when I could have been kinder and have done more for people. However, on the other side of the spectrum, when I did reach out to people it would make me upset when my efforts were not acknowledged or simply ignored.
Thank goodness I have grown up and I am much more secure in my feelings and that I have learned through others who have committed themselves to helping and make life better for others without all the "Pomp and Circumstances". This book, Your Unfinished Life-The Classic and Timeless Guide To Finding Happiness and Success Through Kindness by Lawrence J. Danks validates the reason(s) I need to make a daily conscience decision to be kind and put that kindness into action.
Your Unfinished Life easily lays out categories and situations that people like myself may encounter during this path of kindness. No, I am not a perfect person and this is precisely what Professor Danks explains in this book. It is a guide to step out and overcome our fears of being different and knowing that it is "nice to be nice". This is a quote my mother always reminded me about when I didn't follow the "clique" in high school or tease the boy who worked in the lunchroom at school who had a severe stuttering problem.
My favorite category in this book is Chapter 7, '40 Ways To Be Kind'. It lists examples of things we can all do to brighten up the lives of others. I personally liked number 18, 'Hold The Door'. I truly appreciate a man or woman taking the time out of their moment and stopping to hold the door for me. It only takes seconds or it can take several minutes if you are holding the door for an elderly person. I always admire someone who does this and on the other hand, it makes me so angry when someone offers this kind gesture and the person walking through the door doesn't even glance or say a simple, thank you. I mentioned this to several people and they said that I should pray for that person to be more aware of their surroundings and also pray for the kind person to never stop doing good inspite of negative reactions at times.
This book indeed should not just sit on your shelf. It needs to be taken with you at all times to remind ourselves that each person on earth is here for a reason and it is our duty to respect him or her at all times with kindness because the rewards are tremendous for them and for yourself.
Reviewed on 12/09/2009 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Felicia M. Hazzard
