| Five Wishes
Gay Hendricks
New World Library
ISBN: 1-57731-598-7
Non-Fiction, Memoir, Inspirational
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady |
One simple question completely changed Gay Hendricks life. What was the question? How did this amazing transformation take place?
Five Wishes tells the story. The living changing event started out rather uneventfully enough. The author had committed himself to going to a party that he would have really liked to decline. The notion of sitting by the fire reading a good book seemed far more attractive than trying to create small talk all night.
Fortunately, he did make it to the function because it became the stage of a very important conversation. He met a man who engaged him in “big talk” which involved one question. “…if you were on your deathbed… Was your life a complete success?” This one question then led to an exploration of what would have made the Gay Hendricks’ life a success. He then had a place to begin making real changes.
Five Wishes asks the question that we all unconsciously fixate on but never really spend any honest time working through. Really, we all have two choices. We can continue to be unhappy and bitter about all the things we don’t have or we can gather the courage to make our lives resemble the life we had hoped to lead. What’s your choice?