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Waiting - By Ha Jin

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Dear Readers and bloggers and all of you out there. I just about read my first novel written by a Chinaman. To begin with, I want to ask you all a very simple question. What is love? Im sure all of you, at some point in your life have pondered upon this question. Well, is it important to live your life in love or is peace of mind more important. Ha Jin has very well written such a beautiful story with a simple prose. It gives me joy to tell you how clearly he has bought out certain topics that influence our everyday lives.
How often do we envy another and say, “Oh, how green is the grass on the other end”. How much do we know or understand about how easy or difficult is another one’s path. We judge, without knowing. We assume, without asking. We take it for granted, without putting ourselves in their shoes.
We live our daily lives, taking for granted each and every blessing we have received. We find faults in what we have and fail to understand that we may be blessed with more than we deserve.
The author keeps us in suspense and in waiting and we are just waiting to turn the pages of this capturing tale. I couldn’t wait to complete this 308 paged book that gave me a few thoughts to ponder upon.
I definitely took a special message from this book. I would like to share it with you.
*Live and Let Live
*Give each human their space and time
*Remember to cherish what you have with you now, this very moment.
I hope  you all loved reading my review for Ha Jin’s – Waiting. I look forward to sharing my joys and experiences of many more novels with you all. Until then, stay blessed and be grateful. Life has so much to offer us.
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