Books That Have Influenced Me

Suggestions: What are the books that have impacted your life? Are they biographies, books of a spiritual or inspirational nature, those that have introduced you to factual subjects about which you would never have otherwise known, or those that have taught you some valuable lessons? Are they whimsical in nature, those that have made you laugh or cry, or those that have sparked your inner creativity? Are they classics that have touched your heart in a special way?

When Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy passed on, her son announced to the press that, "My mother died surrounded by her friends and her family and her books, and the people and the things that she loved." Wouldn't it be nice if each of us had a collection of books that impacted us so much that they deserved to bear witness to such an important event in our lives?

Write about those books. Make record of your feelings about them. Your loved ones may someday appreciate knowing about them.

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