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BookPleasures.com - "The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me... Once" Review

 

The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me… Once
Author: D Anthony
ISBN: 0931761255

With his debut book, The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me ...Once, D Anthony examines what life is all about where he explores such topics as our perspectives, values, simple acts of kindness, the need for change, gratitude, luck, success, ups and downs of life, choices, following your dreams and passions, happiness, and plethora of many more topics. And as D Anthony best sums it up, "The simple truth is; life is what we make of it."

The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me...Once is certainly a lively and challenging discussion that no doubt will provide its readers with much food for thought. The breadth of the philosophical musings are quite remarkable as they are presented in the form of short essays, poems, maxims and truisms that require readers to savour each one in order to thoroughly digest them.

It may be argued that the book is one man's perspective on life, however, when you analyze D Anthony's sage advice, you have to admit that he certainly is on the right track. For example, D Anthony maintains that in this life and in our outlook, perspective is all that counts. When we think about this, we should ask ourselves how many times we have made mountains out of molehills where we feel that the worst is going to happen to us. There is no doubt that each day brings with it a variety of problems, however, why is it that many of us perceive them with the same level of importance. Author Henry Kaiser best summed up the term problems when he asserted: "Problems are only opportunities in work clothes," or as one of my teachers once said, there are no problems but only solutions.

I loved D Anthony's essay entitled One Day where he begins with: "It is said that the most valuable real estate on earth can be found in cemeteries because it is there that, buried among the remains, are all the ideas and opportunities not invested in or executed." How often do we procrastinate and fall into the trap of that old song that was co-written and sung by Peggy Lee entitled Maana. As explored throughout the book, D Anthony reminds his readers that they only have one life to live. Why not take advantage of everyday and make a difference either to ourselves or to others.

In another essay D Anthony tackles the issue as to why some people are successful riding a wave of achievements while others are floundering or spinning their wheels without going anywhere. In other words, many of us lack the passion to fulfill our dreams or we fall into the trap of being apathetic. As D Anthony sums it up, "Apathy is a state of mind, a desolate, stagnant, barren, psychologically debilitating state with an exorbitant cost of living. Don't even visit."

These are only tidbits of the astute counsel D Anthony provides to his readers hoping that somewhere along the way many of us will wake up and smell the coffee.

There are hundreds of books devoted to spiritual enrichment that are often quite dull usually digressing with a great deal of repetition and "mumbo jumbo." What sets D Anthony apart is his snappy, entertaining prose style, bolstered by his poetry and sincere guidance. In the end, however, it is up to the reader to decide if he or she will pursue the path outlined by D Anthony or remain stuck in their comfy old ways without entertaining the thought that perhaps change is necessary. Why not take a few risks, and maybe, just maybe, D Anthony knows what he is talking about and deserves a great deal of praise with his down-to-earth advice.

Source: Norm Goldman, B.A. LL.L, The Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com, (review link)

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This book is very good!

Amazon.com Review -

Who could disagree with an author who observes, whether we utilize our time wisely or are immobilized by our doubts and fears, the sand will continue to fall through the hourglass and one day will soon become the next. His advice: take ownership of your circumstances, "chose to stand and demand more from yourself and your life." Easy guidance to accept if you already believe it, but I think the test of a good self-help book is whether it can convince those who don't.

D. Anthony (no biographical information is provided) illustrates through analogies how we come to accept our limitations. He then discusses a test of the perceptions of two people about luck which shows how attitude affects expectations, commitment, awareness of opportunities and ultimately results. I found this convincing. I also appreciated the little exercises--saying hello to five strangers, giving yourself a gift of something you ordinarily wouldn't take time to enjoy, saying "thank you" to the person who is most important to you in life, etc--some of his little epigrams--"Stress is nothing less than this life's express to the next."--and his unabashed devotion to his now deceased mother. What I didn't care for was the rather simplistic poetry meant to reinforce the prose message. To me it was little better than syrupy, rhyming, mini-sermons that trivialized the book's message. In fairness, some readers will probably cut these out and post them on their refrigerators. Whatever works!

And just when I began to fear suffocation by feel-good frenzy, I was re-grounded by essays like the one where he makes a collection call to an elderly man who had gone blind and another that offers an excellent perspective on our unaccountable need to feel someone else is doing even worse than we are ("It suggests that when we go into our familiar 'winners and losers' mind set, we may actually lose regardless of whether we finish first or last.") In fact there are strong passages that show the power of positive attitude may not always be enough--for example, the author tries to help a fellow worker who feels unappreciated in her job. "Just to be clear, in no way do I mean to suggest every problem is insignificant or imagined. The reality is that no matter the spiral of choice and no matter who we are or what we do, every once in a while, a serious issue is going to find us. Someway and somehow, every so often life is going to manage to get a good punch in... My theory is that the way we feel is about 15-20 percent circumstance and 80-85 percent perspective. If we alter our perspective, we can't help but change or live." That's the practical voice of someone I can listen to.

"The Nurse in the Delivery Room Slapped Me...Once" is a conversational presentation that is easy to read, easy to understand, easy to put into practice. A nice present for yourself. Or a great gift for someone who considers you to be important to his or her life.

- BookReview.com, (review link)

 

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THE NURSE IN THE DELIVERY ROOM SLAPPED ME... ONCE:
Stories and Perspectives to Help You Unlock Your Amazing Potential
by D Anthony

Subject:

Due to the shock, suffering, and puzzlement of his beloved mother's untimely death, the author began questioning life's mysteries. From this pivotal life slap evolved the keys for unlocking all the barriers that hold us all back from realizing our own unique destiny.

Noteworthy:

From an understandable perspective the book goes above and beyond most motivational works - opening readers' eyes to their own potential through fresh, enlightening perspectives and absorbing stories. Now readers can convert their lives from the drain of personal and financial worries to a meaningful, creative, and spiritually rich reality.

- Lightword Publishing

 

 

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