Saturday, April 04, 2009
The Audacity of Hope
I have just finish The Audacity of Hope by the president of the United States. It is the first book i bought in quite a long time. I've gotten it shortly after his win, as i caught the obamamania which was rampant at that point of time. Everyone just wanted to get a piece of him. But i didn't really have any time to read it as i was burdened with the books i borrowed from the library. You had to finish the books from the library first, as there was a dateline for you to return them.
I felt that he was sincere and honest in his writing. He was clear and concise in his putting his thoughts to pen, something i am still grasping. Someday, i do want to be able to bring about my ideas as fluently as this man. There was a phrase, which he quoted from Benjamin Franklin, that i like very much, "I would rather have it said, He lived usefully, than, He died rich." The importance of one's life is not the amount he would have in his bank at his deathbed, but the work he did before he could do no more.
iduntellu at 11:18 PM