I’ve been thinking about getting back into reading. I used to read a lot, but I’ve stopped for a while. I want to read books that I could gain something from; not to read only for pure entertainment, but also to learn something. So I went on Barnes and Noble’s web site and looked up best selling self-improvement books. Self-improvement books are good books to read to learn about life and what is essential in our life. Everyone needs to self-improve because no one is perfect.

I’m thinking of purchasing The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch later after work. It’s about a computer science professor, who is actually Randy Pausch himself, was asked to give a lecture that’s about what matters to them most. He didn’t think it would be his last lecture because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The title of his lecture is “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” It’s about the importance of “overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment…it was about living” (taken from synopsis).

I think the other book I’d like to read, though I heard bits and pieces of it is the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. This book is about a shepherd boy who journeys to find worldly treasures. During his journey he encounters the Alchemist. The stories of the treasure that the boy finds teaches us “about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, above all, following our dreams” (taken from synopsis). Thanks to dearest Leizel, I get to borrow it from her.

I actually can’t wait to start reading again. Thank God I have a big bag so I could put a reading book and my quote book in it. I’d just have to take out all the other crap I have in there.

Anyways, ciao for now.

Tags: Alchemist, books, dreams, life, Paulo Coelho, Randy Pausch, reading, self-improvement, The Last Lecture, wisdom

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