Thanks Ginnie! I looked up both of those but would probably need another lifetime to read & understand them!!!!!!!
BTW... I´m worried I won´t live long enough to learn all that I´d like to learn!

For example:

......be a pop star
.....study medicine full time
.......study violin full time
.......Phd studies
.......become proficient in at least 3 dances
.......voice lessons
.....become a gourmet chef
........get a degree in IT
........study neuroscience
........study history
.......politics
.......sociology
.......psychology

Take care U2

Yep, I want to learn more too! Make a bucket list, and start checking them off. Even if you did just a couple of them, it makes you feel so much better!
I think some of those on your list may just be doable! ginnie

Yeah a ´bucket list´!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Made me giggle


Ginnie,

4 more for this thread before 2013

Total Fears by Bohumil Hrabal........

http://www.amazon.com/Total-Letters-.../dp/8090217192

My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor.......

http://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Insi.../dp/0452295548

Mindsight by Daniel Siegel.........

http://www.amazon.com/Mindsight-New-.../dp/0553386395

And of course my favorite

The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge........

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-That-Cha.../dp/0143113100


Anacrusis

I looked up those books you posted. I think the ones about the brain would interest me. I go back to "Cloud Atlas" tonight. Very odd but interesting read once you figure out the language of the first character. Have a good night happily engaged with reading. It is cold even in Fla. perfect night to read. ginnie

If you only read only one of the brain ones, read ´The Brain that Changes itself´

Interesting, hopeful, uses a lot of real people examples in real and fascinating situations.

Thinking about what you are reading now, another one you or others might like:

Love of Stones – Tobias Hill

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Stones-.../dp/057120998X

Happy New Year 2 U

Good reading conditions as well over here in Europe at the moment

Anacrusis


PS. I also got to read some writing that hasn´t been published yet by a couple of forum friends
and that reading experience is the most memorable one of all

Thanks for telling me about those books. I am still trying to figure out "Cloud Atlas" as I go through it, it becomes more confusing! I am glad I did not see the movie. I can read physics, but this book confuses the heck out of me. Just out of shear stubborness, I will finish it.
Have a happy New Year too. ginnie

I´m feeling quite fantastic lately but that has nothing to do with my good attitude or any process of spiritual introspection.
In fact my good attitude came after I started feeling better…..

A while ago a friend of mine recommended me a book by Louise L. Hay boldly pronouncing that most people create their illness themselves
and I really should read through one of her books and get control of my symptoms using my own thought processes somewhere near the root cause!

I was somewhat provoked by this announcement, nevertheless I will read through a little,
and more than likely am sure I will find something or other like I usually do.

Had I read the book in 2005 I may actually have even avoided 5 years of progressive myasthenic weakness
as I would have intercepted it just in time and perhaps used proactive measures against contracting any illness in the first place.......right?

Seriously any one read this stuff???

Gotten any good use out of other books out there that actually helped with how you look at things and handle your own symptoms?


Anacrusis

PS.... Ginnie, I liked the Physics Of The Universe Michio Kaku guy. Nice, clean presentations - and just how I like my information delivered!

I maybe a minority here but, I actually read manga (japanese comic books) and it's what I've been doing the last few days since I have a very sore back

That sounds rather intriguing
Do you not also read them when you have a good back?

Yes, I read Physics of the Universe too. Yes good reading and pretty easy to understand. The author also goes on Nova and the science channel now and then. Finished Cloud Atlas, terrible.....as was the movie from what I heard. Now reading several to see which one to stick with! have a great new year. ginnie