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Lädt ... The Kindness Diaries: One Man's Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the Worldvon Leon Logothetis
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Enjoyed for overall positivity and message of connection in tough times. ( ) 1.5 stars -- I expected more from this book. It certainly had the potential to be engaging and inspiring. Leon travels around the world, allowing himself only $5 a day and the kindness of strangers to get by on. Honestly? The whole experience was quite self-centered. He tries over and over to play it like he was doing this for others - he wanted to "give back" to the people who gave to him. But he didn't want them to know he would give back, because "you don't give to get" - yet he only gave after he "got," so that left me thinking, "Huh?," and he didn't give back to everyone, only a very select few. He hardly mentions any of these generous strangers in the book, even! He spends most of the book talking about his yellow bike, and repeatedly would write something like, "I wasn't sure if I'd be able to go home. I wasn't sure I'd be able to leave this adventure. Maybe my girlfriend was right, and I am just running." And... it felt like he was really trying way too hard to force an "inspirational" and "personal growth" type of twist to the story. The writing itself is not engaging. It reads something like, "Day 1, I hopped on my bike and crossed the border and then I did this and then I did that and somebody paid for my petrol and I asked a hundred people to stay the night and I couldn't believe how many people said no, and finally I met someone who was actually kind, and then Day 2, I hopped on my bike..." and it just repeats. Had he really engaged with the people around him, and spent time serving them, and wrote in greater detail about their stories, it could have been a good read. At the end of the day, the book was all about how great he is (he mentions several instances where people give a banquet in his honor, a toast at a wedding in his honor, names an animal after him, etc. - I didn't see how these tidbits added anything to the story...), and I found it more awful than inspiring. I would not recommend that anyone else waste their time or money with this one. I received this book free through Goodreads First Reads. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"The incredible journey of one man who sets out to circumnavigate the globe on a vintage motorbike fueled by kindness. Follow the inspirational journey of a former stockbroker who leaves his unfulfilling desk job in search of a meaningful life. He sets out from Los Angeles on a vintage motorbike, determined to circumnavigate the globe surviving only on the kindness of strangers. Incredibly, he makes his way across the U.S., through Europe, India, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and finally to Canada and back to the Hollywood sign, by asking strangers for shelter, food, and gas. Again and again, he's won over by the generosity of humanity, from the homeless man who shares his blanket to the poor farmer who helps him with his broken down bike, and the HIV-positive mother who takes him in and feeds him. At each stop, he finds a way to give back to these unsuspecting Good Samaritans in life-changing ways, by rebuilding their homes, paying for their schooling, and leaving behind gifts big and small. The Kindness Diaries will introduce you to a world of adventure, renew your faith in the bonds that connect people, and inspire you to accept and generate kindness in your own life"--
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