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Hi Guys,
Sorry that September's letter is a little late. I have been really,
really busy, more so than I have ever been for a long time. I am glad
that what I wrote about last week seemed to evoke reactions from some
people who have never replied on the forums before. Thanks for the
emails as well. I apologise for not being able to reply to all of
them. I will, eventually. It's just that this month (and the next
subsequent months) are going to be really hectic. Will probably tell
you more on another occasion.
I managed to do some spring cleaning. It was nice for me to going
through all my things and trashing those that were just cluttering up
the place... Books that I won't have the time to read again, clothing
that didn't fit anymore, I shipped them all to the salvation army.
Hopefully, it will be of use to someone else. They have served their
purpose with me. I used to be very much a hoarder of my things, I kept
my belongings around for a long time because of sentimental value or
nostalgia or "future reference", but truth was, there was no time or
use for them anymore. In recent years, I have grown very accustomed to
giving things to people who have a use for my belongings and I hope
that they will gain as much as I have from using them. It's a shame to
have white elephants around. The best book will have no value unless
people get to read it.
Talking about reading, I read a couple of really interesting things
recently, issue 277 of Q magazine was the best issue of Q that I had
read in a long time. I also finsished Neil Gaiman's "Stardust", it was
really good. I've been an avid fan of Neil Gaiman's since I was a
teenager, so I am partial to his writing. If you enjoy fantasy, fables
and fairy tales. This is an easy read and a great fairy tale for
adults.
Film wise, I thoroughly enjoyed District 9 and Inglourious Basterds, I
think District 9 is off the theatres by now but you can still catch
Basterds in the theatres, I saw it... twice! One day after another.
Really great stuff.
I don't really have anything heavy to say this month, partly because
as I am typing this I am physically tired out and I still have things
to attend to later. I hope all of you are in good spirits and are
keeping open minds. I have been reading a lot about 'Change' lately,
not intentionally picking out books about changing your life and
miracle promising books like that (which do more harm than good in my
opinion, anyway), but the theme of change seems to come up a lot in my
reading materials this month. Here's a one line that stuck in my head.
"What the Caterpillar calls a tragedy, the Master calls a butterfly"-
Richard Bach.
Till next month,
Jon.
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live your passion,
Eveline  
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Jon's 33th Letter - September 2009
