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The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose
by Matthew Kelly
Author Matthew Kelly discovered at a very young age the varying degrees it takes for people to reach some sort of level of success through occupation or public service, and began connecting the dots on how it connects to spirituality, emotions, body, mind, etc.
As a frequent reader of personal growth books (saw a sign of personal growth instead of self help at a bookstore and have quite an attachment to using the former instead), I think this is a fairly average book.
While I wouldn't say that this book is entirely just average, it kinda hits that level and stays there. To be honest, a lot of the syntax used doesn't flow. Every sentence or so feels a bit forced, and many paragraphs don't feel complete. At some point you may find yourself -as I did - feeling like you were going around in circles. The language/grammar/metaphors/analogies are quite cliche, and many of the chapters seem to run together; Kelly's messages are quite repetitive. In some chapters, you could do shots to how many times he uses the same phrases over and over and over again. I think overall it doesn't get very spiritually meaty until the half way mark or 30 pages until the end.
This book isn't completely without merit. Nuggets of wisdom, personal aha moments were discovered here and there. Personally, I enjoyed Kelly's use of stories and examples both from scripture and public figures to cement his messages and lessons deeper.
The trajectory of your life is based on your decisions, actions and thoughts. You have a choice of the meaning you make of your life or not. You can live for a purpose or not. You can stay at Point A - unsure of where you're going. You can thrive for a Point B which is some vision you hold yourself - big or small - and do all that it takes to get there.
The biggest lesson I took away from this book is that whether you don't take action or don't make a decision, you're still making a decision, you're still choosing NOT to do something. I found that I would rather be a human being about something rather than nothing.
"The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage."
As a frequent reader of personal growth books (saw a sign of personal growth instead of self help at a bookstore and have quite an attachment to using the former instead), I think this is a fairly average book.
While I wouldn't say that this book is entirely just average, it kinda hits that level and stays there. To be honest, a lot of the syntax used doesn't flow. Every sentence or so feels a bit forced, and many paragraphs don't feel complete. At some point you may find yourself -as I did - feeling like you were going around in circles. The language/grammar/metaphors/analogies are quite cliche, and many of the chapters seem to run together; Kelly's messages are quite repetitive. In some chapters, you could do shots to how many times he uses the same phrases over and over and over again. I think overall it doesn't get very spiritually meaty until the half way mark or 30 pages until the end.
This book isn't completely without merit. Nuggets of wisdom, personal aha moments were discovered here and there. Personally, I enjoyed Kelly's use of stories and examples both from scripture and public figures to cement his messages and lessons deeper.
The trajectory of your life is based on your decisions, actions and thoughts. You have a choice of the meaning you make of your life or not. You can live for a purpose or not. You can stay at Point A - unsure of where you're going. You can thrive for a Point B which is some vision you hold yourself - big or small - and do all that it takes to get there.
The biggest lesson I took away from this book is that whether you don't take action or don't make a decision, you're still making a decision, you're still choosing NOT to do something. I found that I would rather be a human being about something rather than nothing.
"The measure of your life will be the measure of your courage."