For one more day, as I grappled to the enormous pile of books at the shelf of my usual bookstore, it was rather a jungle of books calling for my attention but this one book caught my sight and interest. At the back cover it revealed a short quote... which says:
" If you had the chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it?? And if you did, would you be big enough to stand it??"
Hmm... that simple phrase indeed struck me. Being as an implusive creature as I am, I grabbed the book and without hesitation bought it and like a little child waited until I reached home to open it and see what's inside!
At first, I was hesitant to read it since having read one of Mitch Albom's book what's so special with this anyway?... But still I was drawn by it! Like a pile of sand being pulled by a magnet.
As I flipped it page by page, it reminded me of things which happedned in my life not that I did got drunk (maybe sometimes--- those were the old days!) or attempted to end my life. But rather rare moments spent with the family and those people whom you cared about. It was rather a trip down memory lane!.. In short, I liked the book... it brought me back to those old days, my younger years... and how important that one day in your life. That one day which counts every single strand of your life. I gasped and sighed** " For one more day"....
As I turn the last few pages of the book, the short quote at the back of the book caught my attention again. It made me think and reflect.***
" If you had the chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it? And if you did, would you be big enough to stand it?..."
--- Would I have that chance?*** And if that time comes, would I be able to fix it? What are the wrong things in my life should I fix? Which ones to be in my priority list? Would it be my first cat fight at school, would it be the first lie that spilled out of my mouth, would it be the cheat cheats I did for my other classmates, would it be my usual pre-school excuses to my teacher to make me send home and skip class, or should I start with what I did wrong right now?... Should I fix the easier ones or the hardest first?... Would I be brave enough to stand it?***
't was rather a struggle for me to have it all figured out, since all of these things take into account, the wrongs I've done in my life. Would a single person be at the same thinking moment as I am and reading the same book. What would be his/her answer to these mind buggling question. As my mind plowed through these, I came to realize I am lucky because I still have time to fix things... To fix what is present right now and not hold back to the ones which I've done. Let it be a lesson and a scar which may remind me of the wrongs I've done. Indeed, I will still have that chance and be big enough to stand it when it comes!...
So now I leave this question to you " If you had that chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did worng in your life, would you take it? And if you did, would you be big enough to stand it?..."
Quotes and Phrases from the Book (made the whole book experience memorable)
page 42 (Chick): " There is everything you know and there is evrything that happens. When the two do not line up , you make a choice."
page 49 (Posey): " Going back to something is harder than you think."
page 145 (Posey): " When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at the unlikely times."
page 186 (Posey): " Secrets... They'll tear you apart"
Chick's final thoughts:
" What causes an echo?.. The persistence of sound after the soruce has stopped. When can you hear an echo?.. When it's quiet and other sounds are absorbed."
" It was ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair, and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them acess to your heart..."
" I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't."
" There's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall, a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins..."
