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A review by rachel_abby_reads
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
4.0
Salamanca Tree Hiddle is on a journey to find her missing mother, crossing the US in a road trip with her grandparents. As they drive along, she tells them the story of her friend, Phoebe Winterbottom, and her missing mother.
I greatly enjoyed this book, and here is one of the most profound insights:
After Phoebe's family received an anonymous typed note stating "Everyone has his own agenda," Gram opines:
"Everybody is just walking along concerned with his own problems, his own life, his own worries. And we're all expecting other people to tune into our own agenda. 'Look at my worry. Worry with me. Step into my life. Care about my problems. Care about me.'"
Sometimes, we can be exhausted by the demands of others, as they bring us their worries and fears. The things they obsess about may seem trivial, unimportant, irrational - or too big to solve. If we understand that ultimate meaning, though, it boils down to this: "Be with me, care about me and what's important to me."
Maybe listening isn't as exhausting as I think, simplified in those terms.
I greatly enjoyed this book, and here is one of the most profound insights:
After Phoebe's family received an anonymous typed note stating "Everyone has his own agenda," Gram opines:
"Everybody is just walking along concerned with his own problems, his own life, his own worries. And we're all expecting other people to tune into our own agenda. 'Look at my worry. Worry with me. Step into my life. Care about my problems. Care about me.'"
Sometimes, we can be exhausted by the demands of others, as they bring us their worries and fears. The things they obsess about may seem trivial, unimportant, irrational - or too big to solve. If we understand that ultimate meaning, though, it boils down to this: "Be with me, care about me and what's important to me."
Maybe listening isn't as exhausting as I think, simplified in those terms.