BOOK #60

I believe in signs. When two or more persons tell me about a book, it generally means I should read it. The guy that helps me with my hiking equipment at REI is a seminary student. But in a very groovy, likable way. He told me about this book (after a discussion of why I was getting back into hiking) - it intrigued me but not enough. Twenty-four hours later, yet another seminary student told me about the same book. The second seminary student is also a guitarist and an overall good guy as well.

So, I bought it. Ashamedly so, it sat in my bookshelf for over a year. But lately, with the whole turning50whereismylifegoing thing, I've been reading more of these type books.

It wasn't what I thought. It was MORE than I thought though. The author is a man who lived through 3 Nazi interment camps, losing his wife and child in those camps and coming out of it to only help others. At first, I put the book down because did I really want to read ANOTHER one of these books? But I soldiered on. It was different. His story was not the focus of the book. The focus of the book was HOW he survived those camps. How each little decision he made positioned him for getting through it day by day. The book didn't leave me depressed. If anything, it quieted my soul a bit. And my mind.

I highly recommend this book for anyone that is searching. Searching for whatever answers they might need.