How should you live your life? What is it that truly makes us happy? Do we really have a choice over our life decisions, or are we just playing the cards we are dealt? Is age a factor in making decisions when it comes to love or passion? Should age stop me from doing something that makes me really happy? Well, that brings me back to the second most important question: do you know what truly makes you happy? And how far will you go to achieve it?
Another one of Fredrick Backman’s titled Britt-Marie was here. Britt-Marie’s sudden new want to ensure she is remembered and not forgotten dying alone somewhere, brings her on a life-changing journey. I find it uninteresting to read the basic plot of the book in a book review so I will be skipping it completely (because clearly I am the expert at writing book reviews. That is why I have 2 likes on every post. I hope so!) and will write what the book made me feel. As a sensitive person, who even though talks a lot always at the risk of over-sharing, reading is like therapy for me. And that is how I like to write about books I appreciate a little more than usual. So here it goes!
Life is hardly ever not-cruel, in fact, I have personally experienced betrayal first hand a number of times. In the moment when you feel you have figured it all out or that it all comes down to fishing the chores, paying the bills, cooking fresh meals taking long walks, life throws an unexpected soccer ball straight to your head. And before you know it, you are in a puddle of filthy water, wondering if you are lying on your back or stomach.
What happens next? Well, we are often told that how you handle a situation defines you. How you react to a problem defines your true, unique personality. Yet, we all respond differently, hoping for the same happy outcome. It will all be okay in the end because you will return to your routine of mundane chores, paying bills, wiping windows, and fighting for the last box of baking soda at the grocery.
What does it teach us? Life will be unfair and cruel. It has to be; otherwise, we all will die of boredom. Some will die of nothing to gossip about, but most of the population will die of boredom. What truly matters is who you surround yourself with. Who are the people you look up to? Who are the people you spend time with? And in the realization, you learn to accept that some people come to your life to teach you a lesson, and some just like to stick around because they love you too much. And it is our job to accept that fact. The other point is that you might also be a lesson in someone else’s life, so take that role and move on. Don’t expect too much of every relationship.
I give it 5 stars as I am confident I will reread it on some random road trip with my children fighting in the backseat, expecting me to mind my business. Well, this time, I will.
Happy Reading!
I am here for you cannot see,
Flowers growing on the balcony,
mighty even though no purple tulips,
Windows sparkling clean
Faxin and baking soda in my hands,
I stand taller and taller
Then stomped over,
More and more.
I am right here
Even when your eyes don’t see,
What you lost
When I was here!
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