I've read a couple of books by this author and I really do like him. He writes quick little books but they pack a good punch. They always get me thinking and have great messages. I often wonder how he can pack such powerful messages in such short books. That takes a good writer. This book is about a man named Joseph who dreams things that become reality. It has a really unique take on an old story. It is actually the modern day story of Joseph from the Bible. This was a great read. Another Christmas book in May. "I think it's beautiful that you would sacrifice yourself for your brother, but I hate that your brothers used your love against you. Love should never be used as a weapon." I agree, but it often is, isn't it? Love gets twisted and distorted and used against us when it isn't God's love. "Relationships either grow or die, but they never stay the same." If we don't take care of our relationships they die, they take work and they are always changing. "Relationships, by nature, require trust, and trust cannot grow in the fog of secrecy." Trust begins and ends with honesty and so do relationships. "Is it wisdom to search out what will hurt us most? Is painful truth better than ignorant bliss?" I'll just let you ponder that one. "Sometimes our cruelest acts come not from meaning to do wrong but from not trying hard enough not to." Sometimes we hurt because we haven't tried hard enough not to hurt. "Caution never breeds greatness. Caution is the birthplace of mediocrity." Nobody wants mediocre, throw caution to the wind. "Even a broken heart can still hold love." Sometimes in our brokenness is when we are able to love the best. "Oftentimes it's the smallest, seemingly inconsequential acts that make the biggest differences in our lives." And oftentimes we don't even know it. "Life's greatest lessons are often those we most wished to avoid." Oh how very, very true. We avoid the hard stuff, wanting to shelter ourselves from pain but in the hard stuff we find out how strong we really are, how loved we are and often, who we really are.
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