“Come here son…come into the light”
Every once in a while (actually probably more often than that) I need a swift kick in the pants. I often live a life without the right perspective. I see only the things that I want to see without noticing more about the people around. After reading the Noticer, I felt like my eyes had been opened again to the world around me.
In The Noticer, Andy Andrews, paints a picture of an old man, Jones, who wanders in and out of a small, southern, beach town. The story begins with Jones meeting Andy, an orphaned twenty-three year old that is homeless, living under a local pier. Jones shares words with Andy about perspective that changes the course of Andy’s life forever. That begins one tale of many of how Jones changes his perspective for many people. Jones helps busienss people, married couples, young people and everyone in between.
This encouraging book brings home the importance of every moment of life, small things, big things, and everything in between. Jones crafts stories that bring great life. Jones is kind, gentle, tells the truth and isn’t afraid of stepping into peoples lives.
For any work I ask my self so what when I am done reading it. As I finished reading The Noticer, I was encouraged to do three things:
1. Make sure the people that I care about in life know it.
2. Make sure I am noticing the people in the world around me.
3. Encourage the people whose live I have influence in to care about those in their lives.
My only caution would be great ready to read for a while. Once I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down again.
Keep moving forward,
Greg
One of my friends read this – and LOVED it, too! I don’t read much, but this one intrigues me.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.
Sounds like a very appropriate read for the kind of work you do. I appreciate your literate writing.