For One More Day

'If you had the chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it? And if you did, would you be big enough to stand it?'

'Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

What if you got it back?' - Mitch Albom

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i finished reading For One More Day! haha, i think that's quite fast as compared to the other books that i've read. well, i think it's readable and it's quite thought-provoking. quite different from what i've been reading before this- those were 'funnier' books cuz they made me laugh. mitch albom's different; his books are always more truthful, as if he was talking to you face-to-face, more about family, love and death, and maybe that's why there are some parts that i couldn't really relate to. but neverthess, it's still a rather meaningful book to read, just like his previous two.

I cried a few times throughout the book, cuz i guess those were the parts that i could relate to. i think he was the only author whose writing made me tear (although i don't know many authors ;p). The wonderful thing about mitch albom's books is that the issues and the subject matter are very real things, of which most of us would encounter in our lives. And i think that's what make people love his books.

Well, it is often said that we should always treasure the people around us because we'll never know when they're leaving. And mitch albom has brought out this point once again with his very touching story, simply because it is really, rather impossible to have this One more chance to go through a day once again with someone you love. Many of us do not, unfortunately.

i hope to live up to this saying, to spend some time with granny, with dad, with mom... and i'm glad i did it today! i went for dinner with dad and mom today instead of running, cuz dad is going vietnam tomorrow :(









'Do you ever think while something is happening, about what's happening someplace else?
It's such a big world. Something is always happening somewhere.'