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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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