Day #93: Sapiens (100 Day Gratitude Challenge)

Day #93:     Sapiens
(100 Day Gratitude Challenge)
Yuval Noah Harari’s book, “Sapiens – A brief history of mankind”, is a rare book that gives a glimpse of how we have evolved to what we are today. Our worldview and how we approach it will change radically when you read it – at least it has for me. I’ve always had the weight of our history on my mind and am curious on where we are headed to from here.  This book has shed a lot of light on the subject and I’m looking forward to completing it and taking on its sequel “Homme Deus”
This book takes me on a journey to the beginning of time and when and how humans have developed to what we are today. Many of our assumptions are questioned. It dispels many of our ignorance on who we are, and how we have developed to what we are today.
It starts with “100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.”

I’m grateful to this author and the book for throwing light on something that we all need to know so we can understand why we behave the way we do. We learn about gadgets, appliances, car, software and other material possessions so we can use them better and get more out of it. But most of us ignore who we are, where we came from, why we do what we do and what more changes we can expect of ourselves. If we spend just a little time every day to learn this, understand this and act upon it we will be able to use far more of our potential than we ever thought possible.
The new year is around the corner. Look within. Discover more. Do more. Achieve more.

You have all the tools and resources inside you. May the Force be with you.

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