My Favourite Book, Purpose Driven Life

Foreword

Actually,I tend to quit reading a book before I read the whole part of it (this bad reading behavior has to stop..).

Because images capture my attention better than texts do.  So mostly, I consume fashion magazines, or National Geography magazines and other photographic magazines--> my must visit section in bookstores.

But I can not possibly describe a magazine which always change issue every month (at least for this college assignment),... or the other book I love which is language learning books.. I read Chinese and Korean language books..=))
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But, Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren is different because it is very inspiring and touching, and most important ..it elevates my point of view about life.

Because this book talks about Christianity, I will excerpt only some quotes I feel express general philosophy..and the parts of Jesus' words which will provoke only open discussion, not dispute.

This book is about living your life for a divine purpose. At first, this book questions about your meaning of life. Our live is not about ourselves, nor our personal achievements, not even our peace of mind or happiness. "You are made by God and for God - and until you understand that life will never make sense" Only God our Creator, can tell us our life's purpose...He knows best ^^

A self development for prestige and pride is not the ultimate goal of our life. To become a person giving impact in other people's life is why we live. So it's a must that we alter every sweet and also bitter experiences in our life to be a blessing to others. Give an example, we might be able to advise someone better for credit card payment failure, if we have had the same problem (no,trust me, I had none..)...or show empathy to our friends who grieves for their family member loss, after we have had experienced the same despair.

At the next chapter, Rick Warren talks about restoring broken relationships. I think normally, everyone love "peace" as in a good relationship between human being. Jesus said," Blessed are those who work for peace." Peacemakers are rare because peacemaking is hard work.
Peacemaking is not avoiding conflict. Running from problem & pretending it does not exist or being afraid to talk about it is actually cowardice.

Jesus, the Prince of Peace,was never afraid of conflicts. On occasion he provoked it for the good of everyone. Sometimes we need to avoid it, sometimes we have to provoke it, sometimes we need to resolve it. We need wisdom to decide which response we should take at emerging conflicts. But we also have to see the problem from the others point of view, " Look out for one another's interests, not just for your own."

So our life is to bring impact in other people's life..to bless.

Greetings,
Theresia