Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff is a compilation of stories and essays that have a common theme about living an extra-ordinary life. I heard about Bob a couple of years ago through the writings of Donald Miller. When you hear some of the stories about Bob, you really wonder if this guy is even real. Bob has accomplished so many incredible things in his life which is more than the average person will ever accomplish in their own life. An that's the thing, Bob is no different than the average person. The difference is that he views life differently and he takes advantage of the many opportunities that come his way. He is not a spectator in life, he is a participant.
In Love Does, Bob tells about how he got into law school (after sitting outside the dean's office for a week until the dean finally admitted him), how he let a young man propose on his's back porch (which included dinner, servers, and a boat ride), how he took his kids on a muilt-country trip to eat cookies with princes and diplomats and talk about what gives them hope. He accepted an appointment as counsul to Uganda all the while thinking it was a practical joke which led him to making a huge impact on helping free imprisoned children. This is just a few of the many stories about Bob's life.
Bob's book reminds us that we all can live this type of life. How we live our life is a choice we make everyday. We all have the opportunity to live a life of adventure and whimsy. If you feel like you were created to accomplish more, give more, and love more then this is a book you definitely will want to read. Bob has a way to telling his stories that inspire you to live a better story for your life. It insprires you to not just dream about an exciting life to but actually live an extra-ordinary life.
"I get the invitation every morning when I wake up to actually live a life of complete engagement, a life of whimsy, a life where love does....It's the invitation to actually live, to fully participate in this amazing life for one more day." ~ Bob Goff
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