Life is an adventure, and while everything you do
and every decision you make is aimed at making you happy, you may step back
from time to time and ask yourself, “Why am I here?” and “Is there a deeper
meaning to life?” To find these answers,
you need to go beyond the distractions of the world and be open to discovering
your true purpose and potential.
Review by Rose Thornton:
Author
Curtis Martin in Made for More takes
a serious look at ethics and morals as the sources of happiness in this
otherwise materialistic world: “Many of
our choices deliver only temporary or fleeting happiness, sometimes at the cost
of our ultimate happiness. Good choices
offer a lasting, deeper kind of happiness.”
This book does have a strong underlying religious principle, which a
reader may or may not be drawn to, but I did not find it to be overly preachy
or persuasive. However, it’s true that I
am someone who reads a variety of materials and I’m likely to find something
thought-provoking in every book whether I agree with the author’s premise or
not, so I am personally not adverse to reading materials with various
ideologies. For instance, I found his
statement above to be true regardless of any religious connection…..which
indeed was not introduced until later in the book.
One
of Albert Einstein’s famous quotes from an interview with The Saturday Evening Post, 1926, clearly demonstrates how this
great thinker kept his interests and beliefs separated without threat to
either:
“As a
child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the
luminous figure of the Nazarene……no one can read the Gospels without feeling
the actual presence of Jesus. His
personality pulsates in every word. No
myth is filled with such life.”
I
believe every reader can do this and it will be up to the individual reader to
decide if this book is appealing enough to enjoy. The one section that most intrigued me as
merely an objective reader was where Martin quotes H.G. Wells who, although not
a supporter of Christianity himself, wrote :
“I am an historian. I am not a believer, but I must confess as an
historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very
center of history. Jesus Christ is
easily the most dominant figure in all history.”
Martin
then asks: “How is it, then, that Jesus has become the single most influential
person in the history of the world?”
That kind of question either interests a reader or it does not. If it does not, then I would recommend this
book as one to skip; however, if it does pique an interest, I could recommend
this book as one man’s answer to the question and suggest reading it with an
awareness that it is only one man’s answer.
Length:
130 Pages
Prices:
Print:
$4.60
Digital:
$8.99
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Walking in the Light by Pope John Paul II is a good
spiritual read which is applicable to daily life and for building one’s moral
muscles. It is simple and insightful
with solid advice for maintaining focus on virtue. I recommend it to those
seeking to better themselves through reflection and contemplation.
