There are books
written for people who are reluctant to change; they present facts which cannot
be denied, proving the importance of change, and almost forcing the reader to
change, however reluctant. Mark Joseph’s
book is for people who DO want to change, people overwhelmed by life. He makes statements struggling people want to
hear, want to believe. He gives
hope. This is a comfort book: it tells you that you are not alone in the
rut you are in.
I once agreed that “Success is how I prove my worth in this
world,” and how “Everyone loved me because I succeeded.” We earn love, I thought, and as the sub-title
of this book notes, I chased it. Mr. Joseph
shows how this drive for success, for love, compels us to seek superiority, to
be the best at everything, a superiority pursuit which inherently sees (and
treats) others as less. These others we
want to love us, we are driven to treat as less. At the root of this contradiction, Joseph
notes, is the fact that “we all struggle to love ourselves,” just as we are.
Mr. Joseph then goes on to explain how we can get past our
fears, how we can confront and accept who we are, and then begin changes. “It’s never too late to be the person you
want to be, the person God calls you to be.”
Changing our life, Mr. Joseph notes, begins with conversion, “literally
a process of turning to God, … when we begin to understand that life is better
with God in it than not.” And Mr. Joseph
then helps the reader begin that change.
I much like the direct approach of this book, speaking to
the reader as to a friend. He helps the
reader to look in the mirror, and honestly recognize what he sees.
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