The Ultimate Gift

Alhamdulillah, a gratitude to Allah for All Blessings given to me as yet I can accomplish my reading “The Ultimate Gift” on Friday, 21 May 2010. Almost 2 weeks spending my spare time to read this novel… Hu hu hu (long enough). At the first and the second part of this book seem too many difficult words and names to be noticed. Honestly, I read so many times (may be more than 3 times) until I could understand clearly what the author meant. I do believe that no lesson worth learning is ever easy. That the point was The Ultimate Gift taught us.

Now, I can believe and understand what Author (Jimm Stovall) said in his introduction. Jim Stovall believed when someone reads the book from the first up to last page of the “The Ultimate Gift”, he will be a different person he is at this moment. In this novel taught on how to understand the gift that have been provided by our parent or friends and etc. it was not just a gift as physical things given to us but how to understand what is behind or processes should be passed through before getting the things.

Red Stevens was the actor in this novel. He wasa rich man in the story but he felt that the biggest mistake he ever made was when he gave everyone in his family everything that they thought they ever wanted. How come it was the biggest mistakes…normally he must be happy and satisfy because can give a lot of money and possessions to his family. However, to atone for his mistakes, he asked his lawyer Mr. Hamilton with the help Mrs. Margaret Hastings to train his last great vestige in his family, Jason. It took a year to train Jason. Why it should be like that?? (For further information I cannot tell it here)

At the beginning of story, Jason was belligerent, arrogant, and selfish attitude-borne of a life of idle privilege. Certainly, life is nothing more than a series of days but what did Jason do to fill out these days?? After having so many journeys, challenges in a year that was instructed by Red Stenvens with the support from Mr. Hamilton and Mrs. Hastings, when Josan completed each step in a year, however, he became totally a different person compared as one year earlier. What are the journeys could be? It most important things you should know and be highlighted. (Please just read this book!!!)

If you read this book, you will learn the principles of survival. Its also emphasized in the Holy Qur’an Allah says: "Say: Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate creation" (Qur'an 29: 20). When I accomplished reading this novel I remembered an Arabic wise word I ever learnt:

لَيْسَ الْجَمَالُ بِأَثْوَابٍ تُزَيِّنُهَا إِنَّ الْجَمَالَ جَمَالُ الْعِلْمِ وَ اْلأَدَبِ# وَالشَّرَفُ بِالأَدَبِ لاَ بِالنَّسَبِ

Finally, I say a deep sense of gratitude for my friend who lent me out the novel J as well as permitted me to ink it out. Jazakillah