After ploughing through a number of books owned, borrowed and given, I turned my attention to a book I’d recently received by Andy Andrews. In it I was transported to Orange Beach, Alabama. It’s a simple town filled with good-hearted people. But they all have their typical mix of – marriages teetering on the brink of divorce, young adults giving up on life, business people on the verge of bankruptcy, and many of the other obstacles that life seems to serve up indiscriminately.
Fortunately, when things look the darkest – a mysterious old man named Jones has a miraculous way of showing up. Communicating what he calls “a little perspective,” Jones explains that he has been given a gift of noticing things that others miss. In his simple interactions, Jones speaks to that part in everyone that is yearning to understand why things happen and what they can do about it.
Based on a true story, The Noticer seeks to blend fiction, allegory, and inspiration. This, spoken by Jones to Andrews, speaks to me too…..
“…everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you’ll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what’s a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination – our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope.”
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