The new book has arrived today:
There is no excitement as there is when a new book comes to me. I hold it in my hands, study all details on the cover, turn it around many, many times, bring it close to my heart ... And then, I slowly start opening it and peaking in, like I've never seen the contents of it before. I bend my head and smell it, like nobody is watching. Oooo... nothing smells as good as the new book. The aroma of a new adventure called reading, learning, exploring...
And then, I like to open it randomly and see what is the first sentence my eyes would go to. What is the first gift this book will offer me? And here it is:
"No revolution in outer things is possible without prior revolution in one's inner way of being. Whatever change you aspire to ... must be proceeded by a change in heart."
- I CHING hexagram 49
Oh yes, it is very interesting... Who would guess the new book would send me to my book shelves to open another book, the Book of Change. There is a message waiting for me there.
Love it! Love it!
The old Chinese book of change has unusual ways to remind me of it's existence. It definitely doesn't like to collect the dust and there is always a wise thought waiting for me there. Yes, I love every single opportunity to say "there is no such thing as the coincidence."
Thank you.
