Read this fascinating book called The Legacy of Luna by a beautiful lady called Julia Hill. Started to read the book yesterday facing the beautiful Bay of Bengal at the Elliots beach in Chennai*. I just could not put the book down. I finished it today.
Its the story of a lady who climbed up a tree and stayed there for just over two years to protect it from being chopped down for timber. Going beyond saving the tree, this lady also constantly tried to reach out to everyone, to those who tried to kill her friends, to those who tried to chop the tree and to everyone whom she interacted with it. Try to close your eyes for a couple of moments and feel the enormity of the act. Two full years, through storms, lightnings and amidst un-friendly security guards on top of a tree, at about 200 feet from the ground. What an achievement! I am just stunned thinking about the passion one would need to do such a thing! Its a very light read and one can finish this book in about 4-5 hours. I strongly recommend this book to everyone.
This book and the person reminded me of another lady who chose to follow the calling of her heart and put her life on the line for its sake (though in this case she was eventually ). This person is Dian Fossey. She was a primatologist who went to the african jungles to study the endangered mountain gorillas and stayed back to protect their lives and their habitat from greedy poachers and power hungry military men. Again, close your eyes and imagine. A lady leaving the physical comforts of a first world nation to go and stay for about 18 years in the jungles of a third world nation without even a functioning democracy for the sake of the gorillas, saving whom she was very passionate about. What a magnificent achievement! She wrote the book, Gorillas in the mist, relating her experience (A movie was also made later on with the same name). Though this book is not as light a read as the one by Julia Hill, Dian's passion for her subject and her selfless love of the gorillas shone through brightly. The story of Dian had a sad ending as she was brutally murdered.
I am absolutely fascinated and inspired by these two women for their courage and passion! And, I strongly recommend the two books to anyone who wants an inside peak into the lives of truly passionate people who pursue their hearts calling at any cost!
* Was looking for a coffee shop in Chennai to sit down and read a book without being thrown out before 4-5 hours. There are these big corporate shops like CCD and Barista, but I really wanted a smaller shop. Till I find one, Elliots beach is probably the best place to read a book, at least for 3 hours on every non-rainy day!
Its the story of a lady who climbed up a tree and stayed there for just over two years to protect it from being chopped down for timber. Going beyond saving the tree, this lady also constantly tried to reach out to everyone, to those who tried to kill her friends, to those who tried to chop the tree and to everyone whom she interacted with it. Try to close your eyes for a couple of moments and feel the enormity of the act. Two full years, through storms, lightnings and amidst un-friendly security guards on top of a tree, at about 200 feet from the ground. What an achievement! I am just stunned thinking about the passion one would need to do such a thing! Its a very light read and one can finish this book in about 4-5 hours. I strongly recommend this book to everyone.
This book and the person reminded me of another lady who chose to follow the calling of her heart and put her life on the line for its sake (though in this case she was eventually ). This person is Dian Fossey. She was a primatologist who went to the african jungles to study the endangered mountain gorillas and stayed back to protect their lives and their habitat from greedy poachers and power hungry military men. Again, close your eyes and imagine. A lady leaving the physical comforts of a first world nation to go and stay for about 18 years in the jungles of a third world nation without even a functioning democracy for the sake of the gorillas, saving whom she was very passionate about. What a magnificent achievement! She wrote the book, Gorillas in the mist, relating her experience (A movie was also made later on with the same name). Though this book is not as light a read as the one by Julia Hill, Dian's passion for her subject and her selfless love of the gorillas shone through brightly. The story of Dian had a sad ending as she was brutally murdered.
I am absolutely fascinated and inspired by these two women for their courage and passion! And, I strongly recommend the two books to anyone who wants an inside peak into the lives of truly passionate people who pursue their hearts calling at any cost!
* Was looking for a coffee shop in Chennai to sit down and read a book without being thrown out before 4-5 hours. There are these big corporate shops like CCD and Barista, but I really wanted a smaller shop. Till I find one, Elliots beach is probably the best place to read a book, at least for 3 hours on every non-rainy day!
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