The Greatest Miracle in the World
by Og Mandino
A ragpicker named Simon rescues the narrator from despair and hands him the 'God Memorandum', a long address from God to a reader who has forgotten his own worth. It is Mandino at his most sentimental, and the memorandum has been read at a great many bedsides.
Read it if…
you are low and want to be reminded, in plain words, that you matter.
Skip it if…
sentiment and religious framing put you off.
Three things you will actually use
- You are not ordinary; you have been told you are.
- Count what you have before you count what you lack.
- Despair is a habit that can be interrupted.
Do this first
Read the memorandum alone, slowly, once a day for a week.
Our verdict
The God Memorandum.
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