Have a Little Faith - Mitch Albom

I'm halfway through Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith. As always, it is an awesome read. Halfway through it and I'm actually thinking and asking myself questions.

When someone says, your god and my god.. Is it the start of a subtle distinction and segregation? If a Christian tells a Jew, "May your god and my God bless you", are we actually talking about a different God here? There are some questions that I don't have an answer for, or rather, I don't have enough knowledge and experience to answer them. Why is there segregation within the Christian faith itself? Do we not read the same word and sing praises to the same God? It doesn't matter if you're Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian or Charismatic, bottom line is, we have the same values and we have the same faith, it's just that we worship in a different manner. Shouldn't we start celebrating the fact that WE are one in HIM, rather than saying, your church and my church? We are after all, all children of God.

There is one part in the book that I absolutely love.. the part where he talked about love and commitment. Where commitment was once a positive word and yet, now, it's one that people avoid, in faith and in marriage. Yet when one fails to commit, they just simply miss what's on the other side.. - A happiness you cannot find alone. How true.

Another part of the book that I really liked was his sharing with the Reb about happiness.. the secret of happiness. "Be satisfied. Be grateful. For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you." It's something that seems like common sense, something that all of us have heard for a million times and know by heart.. Contentment. Yes. We know it by heart but do we put that to practice? I can't say that I do all the time, or at least, I try my best to remember and thank God for all that He has blessed me with.

This book is about a person's last days, a Rebbi's last days and his interactions with the author in preparation for his eulogy. We may not have that many life experiences and I do believe that we can always learn from another person's life. Their views, their perspectives and their wisdom. This is one book I'm contemplating buying for all my friends. This is seriously one good read!