Books like this... how do they make you feel?

You know 'em...

Biggest example being the Secret. I guess there are a bunch of a different kinds of Self Help books, but there are these books that appeal with some magical quality summed up as the beautiful grand scheme of life...

I'm sure there are some truthful and helpful things in them, but to me it seems they're taking it a little too far, maybe more than a little. I think it doesn't take into account some major aspects of life, like its unpredictability and likeliness to fuck your shit up.

My friend posted this on Facebook, he's been sober a couple of months now. To me he was always very skeptical about life, but a big dreamer, I guess he's really going after this life the right way now though... But to be fair, it's because he fucked his own shit up.

I just hope I'm not a drain to him, although I feel he's already abandoned me as a really close trustworthy friend, possibly for quite some time now. He never seemed to take a liking to my attitudes, but he's always just wanted to go a different direction with things...

Anyways.. The book is Aspire by Kevin Hall.. Maybe some folks here have read it and can share more about the book.. because I certainly won't take the time to read this. I am in the process of reading Desolation Angels as well as whatever educational material. I seriously would not waste my reading time on this shit...I was ashamed to have read half the Shack, good thing I didn't finish that Christian motivational cliche, I moved on to the Bhagavad Gita by pure synchronized chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF1aUe4UVCc&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Aspire: Readers Speak HD.mov

 

I have never in my life read a self help book.

When I was a teen my mom used to have a stack of books on Codependency that I sometimes skimmed through in hopes of finding some sort of clue why she is so bat shit crazy. No luck though.

 

Indeed.

 

Indeed.

BTW, that video made me LOL.

 

Yea, talking about bat shit crazy...
That video is a def some shit...

I can't believe he posted that...

 

LOL, Yeah your friend really must be going through it to connect on some shit like that. I dunno tho, I can't really hate, we are all different and there are definitely moments in a human beings life when you need to reach out to something. But yeah that video... lolz

 

facebook is fucking evil get out now

 

I dont know who the fuck you're friends with on it but it's all people that I know and have talked to on a personal level at some point in my life... so I find it good considering I am very often away from my home town. only 189 friends.

which is hold up.... reality check thats 189, looking throgh..that I have been a friendly acquintance of or more my whole life. Wow that is a mind shifting perspective.... I am one ingrateful bitch sometimes...................................................................

 

well i have 190 friends on facebook but no one will pay each others debt

i just want to sit down and talk

face to face in my book

 

basically like i'd rather be reading something more interesting about trains.

 

people want there to be some one magic thing, that if you do that one thing, or think that one way, then you never have to worry or think about anything else.

i don't blame people for wanting that.
it's just that the universe we actually live in doesn't particularly work that way.

 

OH my god, watching this again, holy fucking shit. I wanted to put it on like a warm sweater and bask in it. When I'm working at 3am and wonder why I'm there, I realize, it's because I love it. Chillinnnggggg.

 

Here's a secret, focus of thought creates focus of action, ultimately cultivating your life expierence. That doesn't mean you can meditate on a new car and expect it to roll up in your driveway.