What I love most about the written word is its ability to transcend time. Books survive their creators, emotions and purpose carrying on regardless of the publishing date. Gratitude by Oliver Sacks contains four essays written in the last few months of his life. Coming to terms with his own death, Sacks recounts moments filled with love, passion, and work.
It is the fate of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.
Although this short book deserves a long review, it doesn’t need one. This is a book that you should read. When things are going well, this book will bring you back down and put life into perspective. When this are going terribly, it will remind you that good things are on the way. Regardless of the ups or downs you’re facing, gratitude is a necessity; without it moments turn into fleeting memories. Without gratitude my life loses meaning and purpose.
Xoxo,
Vanessa
** Disclosure: I was sent a copy of Gratitude from Penguin Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review. **
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