Healing! A journey of Self Discovery
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So, last week I have stumbled across a pretty and amazing bookstore in suburbs of Bangalore. (To be precise, it is in Kormangala in Banagalore. Kormangala is an amazing area, stuffed with youngsters going crazy over all delicious eateries. It is an area known for famous pubs, cafes and what not 😐
People and when I say people, I mean youngsters hit cafes and pubs at all the time, keep drinking and dancing late in night or in wee hours.
So, it is “that” area of the city which is known among the youngsters as the happening place in otherwise dead city.
Anyway, I was roaming in Kormangala, last week, and found this place Atta Galata, a book cafe in Kormangala.
I had read a lot about this amazing cafe on internet and so when the time had permitted, I went and sat there for two relaxing hours in a Friday evening.
The day and the hours especially meant for crazy partying, somehow, I have found solace in this cafe.
I have started reading a book named Healing written on journey of Manisha Koirala, a cancer survivor, through the pain and attacks of deadly disease. It has been 6 years of her being a cancer survivor.
I have read about this book many times on internet through mindless surfing so when my eye was appreciating the beauty of this dusted book shelved beautifully in reading section, I took it up and had started reading.
I found this little piece to be a compelling and captivating read. I knew it from the beginning that I would buy this one. It turned out that the section from where I had picked it up, was not a reading section. It was 2nd hand books section and the reader would be buying books at 50% discount if found reading. I thought it to be great deal and so I went ahead with my buying.
Coming to this book.
This book talks about healing, self-discovery and the process of realization that death comes, eventually as an end. It talks about acceptance, about self-love, about goodness and kindness in this world and what more you can do to spread these simple joys in world around you. It talks about that you ought to believe in your strength first and then all pieces will fall into places.
It talks about that no matter what life throws at you, you need to be self-confident about your survival and your coming across as a winner. It talks that life will throw curveballs at you if you aren’t living in a balance. These curveballs will be a wake-up call asking you, urging you to get out and put things in balance.
I feel, the definition of balance is different for different people.
Sometimes, people are comfortable with one kind of disruption but at other times and with other people the level of disruption is not comfortable and kind enough to help them grow and so they experience various curveballs thrown at them to get themselves in “their” definition of balance again.
The book beautifully covers the journey of Manisha Koirala, the darling gem of Koirala Clan through the sufferings of Cancer.
How she first denies her situation that she simply cannot be diseased, then she accepts it and later she comes across as a survivor filled with wisdom and wits which she now wants to spread in world.
Most of all this book talks about the essence of wisdom and wits, one gains, when one survives through a challenge. It is just like climbing an uphill and experiencing and acknowledging various feelings while doing it. Most of all, the beautiful victorious inner radiant smile one has, reaching at the top.
This book teaches us how to spread your wings in all adversity and to keep flying gracefully.
On a parting note,I feel we cannot beat the experiences, they will come to us no matter what. So, lets think positively and think of every experience as a reminder of a lesson to learn or to revise. 😊
With this, picking up new book to read!