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1,000 Marbles: A Little Something About Precious Time

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This book puts life into perspecitve. It is a wake-up call. The book's message is clear and straightforward: Every day is precious. I wish I had read a 1,000 Marbles 20 years ago.

The story at the beginning of the book is absolutely wonderful. You finish it with a mix of tears, goose bumps, and an urgency to acquire a jar and some marbles.

The ideas that follow the story are excellent ways to make the most of our time.

If you love your family and want to put them high on your list of priorities, 1000 Marbles is a must!!!

Thank you Mr. Davis for opening our eyes!

The story at the beginning of the book is absolutely wonderful. You finish it with a mix of tears, goose bumps, and an urgency to acquire a jar and some marbles.

The ideas that follow the story are excellent ways to make the most of our time.

If you love your family and want to put them high on your list of priorities, 1000 Marbles is a must!!!

Thank you Mr. Davis for opening our eyes!

This introduction to this is a parable about discovering and appreciating life's finite nature. The parable is well told and I thought it the best part of the book.
At age 55, a man realizes his life expectancy is about 75 years of age and calculates that he has about 1,000 Saturdays left to enjoy. He buys a thousand marbles and marks the passing of each Saturday by removing one marble from a jar. Once he removes the last marble, he recognizes each subsequent weekend as a gift of precious time.
He also resolves not to waste any of his marbles.
This book has a list of 1,000 suggestions for filling up those Saturdays. The suggestions basically fall into four categories: doing something for yourself (have a pj day and read, watch all your favourite movies, get a massage, sleep in), be kind to others (if you are mowing your own lawn then mow your neighbours too, bake something for someone else, visit a nursing home, make your partner breakfast in bed), get your life into order (check your insurance policies, get some financial advice, write a will) and experience based (go ice fishing, go roller skating, go to a fun fair).
Some of the suggestions seemed like they would be waste of a marble to me and there was nothing that jumped out at me as something I wanted to add to my own list of must-dos. Whetehr you love this book or indiffernet to it, will depend on where you are in your life; it won't be for every-one but few would find it a total waste of time.