Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Art Of Racing In The Rain

This is a grrrreat book that my Mental Health lecturer introduced to us.
Its about a dog called Enzo who's on his deathbed, and while he's dying, he's reflecting on his life and you get a story about a family, only entirely from a dog's point of view.
There are so many things that make you stop and think and go, 'Mmmmm. I never looked at it THAT way.'
Awesome book, I'd recommend it for anyone.
And now, whenever I see a dog, I wonder, 'What is he thinking now?'

An excerpt from the book that I love: ( Eve, the wife, has been diagnosed with brain cancer)

'Today is the first day I am not dead.' Eve said to us. 'And we're having a party.'

To live everyday as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter everyday. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to. When I am a person, that is how I will live my life.