THE POWER OF LOSING CONTROL Finding Strength, Meaning and Happiness in an Out-of-Control World

Author: Joe Caruso

I just bought this book, in National Book Store Megamall Yesterday, Tuesday April 4th 2006. I went there right after work, coz I was assigned to buy seminar supplies such as name tags, art paper for the certificates, and pencils. Then I came across books on sale... so I didn't give a second thought to see all the books displayed. This book caught my eyes, I just read the front, back cover and glanced at the introduction. I immediately decide to buy it. Real definite that this book will give me some good insights about life. I'll submit my revised thesis proposal today, so thought of buying it to fill up my summer vacation from school with reading, reading and reading. Haven't read the book yet, but you might also be interested, here is an introduction about the book from www.penguin.com:

“When we learn to stop wasting our precious energy on what we can’t control, we can begin to discover the power of losing control.”

At the age of eighteen, Joe Caruso was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Certain that he was living on borrowed time, he embarked on a quest to understand the meaning of life, which led to the discovery of timeless truths about our spiritual and emotional lives. In The Power of Losing Control, he shares the insights that helped him not only to survive, but also to become an internationally acclaimed speaker whose seminars have literally transformed people’s lives.

Caruso takes readers step-by-step through amazing techniques and strategies that show us how to stop wasting valuable time and energy, trust in something greater than ourselves, and embrace.

Hmm... I will read this book as soon as I'm done with my top priorities. And next, I will also start to paint again. I'm sure that my canvas, my oil colours, my palette and my paint brushes are waiting for me to use 'em. Haven't been painting for such a long time. For me, it's just the right way to relax my mind, else than blogging, chatting, dancing and sleeping... hehehe...

I'm also thinking of having a vacation out of town, maybe to Santiago City, Isabela, somewhere in the North of the Philippines. I hope Niar will not change her mind to let me join, and I hope Takeuchi San will allow me to take 1 week vacation leave from work. I promise, I will do lots of overtime at work, before and after my VL, no matter what. Because she is kind enough to decrease my target for this month. And I will not waste this chance.

Aight... all of the above would be my Summer's Resolution, instead of "New Year's Resolution". So much things need to be done.