Day 1, Book 1: Siddhartha
Siddhartha is a brave illustration of an author disclosing vulnerability in a character. I can appreciate the length of this short novel and how it is structured to speak many more pages than the author writes.
The character Siddhartha is much like many of us, striving to find the answer to acheiving peace. We all seem to be going somewhere in life. We all seem to have some goals and whether we are conscious of them or not, certain behaviors drive us to do the things we do. Siddhartha dedicated his life to finding peace, knowing that he would not find the answer from teachings, he sought peace at his own pace. He experienced life in his own time frame and allowed himself to move on when he knew he was ready. He thought, waited, and fasted to find this peace that was only found once he stopped looking.
“Siddhartha” is a powerful reminder we can search our whole lives for something and may never find it. It reminds me that you have to let go of something to realize if it really belongs to you. It also reminds me that if you don’t go through the ups and downs of life, you have not gone through life as we are meant to.
Favorite quote from the book:
“Widsom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish. Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. “___Hermann Hesse
