Book Review: The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life By Frederick Buechner

This is the second book by Frederick Buechner that I've had the absolute pleasure to read and review. I enjoy reading his books because like I said before, it's like discussing life with a neighbor. You know, like Tim did with Wilson in the sitcom Home Improvement even though Mr Buechner is no Wilson and I am no Tim. 

It's easy to get trapped in a rut when you choose the path of getting up, going to work, enjoy the weekends, take a yearly vacation and you do it over and over and over again until you retire. But then, there's folks like me who handle every day differently. With that kind of life choice, you see real life - the ups, the downs, the upside and backwards and some days it's like an everlasting struggle and the good times, you simply don't want to end. 

That's what I enjoyed about this book, The Remarkable Ordinary. Life isn't about ruts, about schedules or plans, it IS about living every single second of every day - not selfishly pursuing your own interest, but truly soaking up every detail! It's hard, but honestly, if I could go back in time, I'd have payed closer attention to those details instead of being so self-involved or self-absorbed. 

Do you realize that there truly IS something so remarkable in the tiniest details of the day good OR bad? Seriously....to be thankful for the stuff other people take for granted, to share instead of seek, to give instead of take, to laugh instead of frown, to smile instead of cry....if you sit back and soak it up--it's almost overwhelming.

I admit to getting sucked into the endless, bottomless hole or pit or what ever way you want to describe the horrible 'thing' I'm personally in right now (brought about by my own two hands mind you)....that I forget to stop, look and listen to life. That's exactly what Frederick Buechner is expressing in this book, The Remarkable Ordinary. See the extraordinary in the ordinary.

The situation I'm in, getting worse on a daily basis, I have to remind myself that God wakes me up every morning to hear my Honey Bear sleeping or to feel our doggy laying beside me or that coffee will taste real good soon or that we have clean clothes to wear and.......my point here is this....if I focus on the negative of my situation, I can't focus on the good today holds, regardless of size. 

Focus focus focus.....The Remarkable Ordinary is an eye-opener to place your focus outside of yourself, if even for a little while, see-feel-hear-touch the remarkables you find in an otherwise, ordinary day.

Please pick up this book The Remarkable Ordinary, enjoy the well-written read. You'll enjoy the read as much as I did. 

And, in closing, share your awakening experience with others who are trapped by the ordinary.

is book from Handlebar for the purpose of review

**I received this book from handlebarmarketing.com for the purpose of a review-all opinions are my own**

I received this book from Handlebar for the purpose of review