I have a book titled People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. I bought it last year on an online platform with The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim.
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My intention in buying these books is to get used to reading English. After I read the people's comments, I thought these books were good. A novel with an exciting plot and a romantic story between two people (I don't remember their names). But turns out this novel is a hard-to-read book. I can't understand many words and the books provide an unclear account of the whole story. The writer used a mixed plot and different points of view for the actors. For me, as a beginner, it's really hard to understand from cover to cover. I wrote many words and their translations, but the book seemed not to match me. A person who hard to learn English. Unfortunately, the book is only displayed on the bookshelf and never read again.
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Another book I have is The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim. It is thought-provoking and made me question my whole purpose in life.
At first, I thought the writer was a priest, but I was wrong. When he mentioned Buddhist doctrines, I realized that teachings can also be found in Islam and Javanese. He mentioned a lot of blessings, such as 'nerimo ing pandum' (the term in Javanese refers to how we react to things).
The book was easy to read, despite many words I did not understand. Fortunately, I found the meanings through online translation. Please know that I am learning, hehe.
Reading this book drew me to an old concept about the Stoic mind. Understandably, we couldn't lay our expectations on people; we could only rely on ourselves.
As in Islamic tech, hope in humans is the most fragile rope of hope. We should only hope in God. Allah because He never disappoints us, yet humans can let us down at any time.
Even though I can't practice it fully, I am still learning little by little.
It is an amazing teaching and also wise. In the world we live in now, many diseases come from outside. Our bodies have amazing automatic healing. We have millions of cells that fight diseases. We also have to remember that we are responsible for our bodies.
Eating healthy food also cures disease. Our minds and hearts are the keys to a healthy body and soul.
How wonderful God's creations are..
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