Some of you may know Tina Turner, the musician, singer, dancer, who won multiple awards. I personally am not familiar with her works, but I was reading some articles about good positivity books, and they said if I had to choose one from the list, it would be this. I heeded and started reading. I am not a religious or spiritual person, so I couldn't really relate to some aspects of this book. However, I understood her messages on positivity, overcoming challenges, and ultimately making this world a better place for all humanity.
Content: Tina Turner covers many areas in this book, on spirituality and religion. It is astounding how she could retain so much positivity in life, not just for the future, but even her past. Her past was not something people would want to go through, from being unwanted by her mother, to an abusive marriage. At that time, she was in a deep, dark place, and ended up taking 50 sleeping pills, hoping to end her life. She survived, and believed that there was something else in store for her. Her perspective of life took many years to develop and grow, as she became a more positive, resilient person. There were many things that she wanted to do, and she slowly envisioned what she wanted, and achieved them.
Estimated reading time needed: 5-8h
1) Everybody goes through difficult times in life, and we need to understand that everything happens for a reason, but that reason sometimes eludes us. This way, we are able to frame our difficulties into opportunities for us to get out of the dark place and grow from it. This is the concept of "changing poison into medicine".
2) Tina believes that as long as we can change ourselves, our circumstances and situations around us will change accordingly. As long as we're constantly improving ourselves, we're on the best path in life and things will start to fall in to place. Sometimes, making such choices could be simply to think of a more positive thought.
3) Because everything happens for a reason, we are who we are today because of what happened in our past. As long as we love who we are now, we can come to terms with what happened. Our perception determines the way events affect us. We can thus change our past by changing how the past events affect us.
Recommendation: It was a really good book, and doesn't take too much time to read. If you're going through a difficult situation, this book will be useful. If you're not going through a difficult situation, it is still a good book to remind us of the good around us, and to contribute to the good of humanity. Overall, it was too spiritual and religious for me, but I appreciate the teachings in this book, especially the "Ten Worlds" concept which is similar to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. I have greater respect for Tina now that I've learned about her past and how she came to terms with it after decades of struggle. For only a few hours of reading, I believe it is worth the investment of your time to read this book, to have a more open mind.
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