Reader's Corner: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson

After a stressful Monday at work, I went home only to see this big blue book in my cabinet, with a note from my stepmom. My stepmom loves giving me books and articles once in a while and when I read the shouting title, 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff', I was in tears because I had a bad day. When I started to browse the book, which opened to the page where the bookmark is placed, the title of the chapter was "Life is a test. It is only a test". I was crying and immediately called my parents to share how the thoughtful gesture turned around a horrible point in my life and thanked them for being there and for knowing what I needed.
As stated in my previous posts, May and June had been tough months for me. I was really down and I succumb to my parents for advices. This book is a tangible proof of how much they care for me.

'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff' Omnibus is a collection of articles, one lesson for each, with the same approach as that of Regina Brett's God Never Blinks(which I liked too). There are hundreds of insights and thoughts which will help you address every day 'challenges', how to manage them and be the one in control, and see the world in a lighter perspective. Being the over-thinker that I am, this book is a great help to relax myself and made me realize that the problems I thought were problems, challenges I thought were there to bring me down, were just little stuff that I don't need to stress about because I'm bigger than all of them. I'm the one in control, after all. That it's just all in the mind.

I haven't finished the entire book because I only read 5-10 articles each day so I can absorb and reflect more upon each lesson. I read them in the mornings, during breakfast time, as a positive welcome to a new day. I recommend this to everyone because it provides you a newer perspective to your existence(and the package that comes along with it), gives doable advices on how to treat each occurrence and the approach is simple, straight to the point and understandable. You'll learn a lot, no sweat.