Book: Real Magic, Creating Miracles in Everyday Life, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

As they say, when you are right for it, the teacher comes to you. I bought this book many many years ago. Dr Dyer's book on "Your Erronous Zones," (zooming in on dealing with worrying, guilt, anger etc.), was one of the first books I read in the realm of self enrichment, so was eager to read "Real Magic". When I first started reading it (many years ago), I didn't quite "get" it and didn't make it too far into the book. The other day it caught my eye on the bookshelf, and I thought I'd give it another go.

Am so pleased I did, this time I think I was ready for it. 

It's about realising that we are not humans having spiritual experiences, we are spirits having a human experience. He incorporates different religions. He also focusses on the importance of meditation as well as realising that we are here to serve each other, and ultimately provides a guide on living a more purposeful driven life. 

Book: Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens, J.M Barrie

 

This is one of the first books on my #40for40 reading list. The only thing that I knew about Peter Pan and Wendy is that there are statues of them at Magnolia Dell in Pretoria, which was always such a treat to go and visit. 

Wendy does not feature in this book, so I will work through the other Peter Pan books too.  

What a fabulous, imaginative book, no wonder it is Richard Branson's favourite book. 

Book: The Boer War, Thomas Pakenham

The art of storytelling is so important, especially when it comes to history. It can so easily become incredibly boring to just relay dates, names and facts. Thomas Pakenham gave a very comprehensive, colourful overview of the Anlgo Boer war including the English, Boer and African perspective. 

Personally, my deduction is that this was an incredibly unnecessary war. A war dreamed up by Milner where everyone suffered massive losses. 

It was very interesting to get insight into this war, as I knew (embarrassingly) very little about it. I know that my great grandmother was in a concentration camp. Whenever I think of my grandfather, I remember him reading this book. I think we would have had a wonderful conversation about all the characters and this part of our history; I would have loved to get his take on it. 

It was good to meet all the characters, now when I drive to Stellenbosch and I see Baden-Powell offramp, I can immediately place him. 

The only thing that I found a bit frustrating with this book is that the author would take us on a journey, and then all of a sudden jump two / three months back