A New Religion? H+

-By Edward de Bono
My Rating-**

Now this one's the third review in a row with a two star rating...not that I can help! Either I'm hard to please or I have been picking not-so-right books/ movies haha! Anyway, so this book talks about a new religion altogether called H+ (aitch plus) which signifies human, happiness, humour, help, hope and health. According to the author, our happiness primarily lies in our achievements and our achievements are based on our actions. That's the reason why de Bono stresses on our actions. I really liked the first half of the book...saving my comments on the second half for the last paragraph :D

Here's a listing of some incredibly beautiful lines from the book:-

• Happiness is not just the absence of pain and suffering
• Humour is a key lubricant of life
• If you are capable of being healthy, it seems careless not to try to be healthy. So, a concern for health is a basic to H+ as a concern for happiness.

Thought- provoking! He also mentions that humour allows us to switch perceptions and see things in a different way...that kinda helps you figure out what the book is all about. Fair enough...however; the second half of the book takes a different turn and the author introduces "pons" (short for "positive sins")...something positive that we should do on a daily basis which I quite agree with but this is all that makes up the second half...and things like you can form groups and discuss your pons and stuff like that...in an ideal situation that's possible but situations are far from ideal na...besides, why form groups for pons in the first place?! I'm not saying this particular part would not find any takers.....just that I got bored while reading it. Surprisingly, in spite of that, it's worth a read!