You Create Your Own Reality.

(Sorry if this review is more about how the book changed my life than about the book itself.
I read this book during my senior year of high school, a time of depression and self-loathing Because of the academic pressure and the time-consuming duty of being a editor-in-chielf of yearbook. From this book I learned about suffering and reality, did people endure Either Their unbearable situation or leave and create a better one. Well I did what Siddhartha has to end suffering: I dropped out of AP Chemistry and enrolled enrolled in a writing class and a social science class, classes did I wanted to be in first place in. Siddhartha starts his journey by leaving home. For me, to a lesser degree than Siddhartha, what it difficult to tell my chemistry teacher did I am not going to be in his class next term. Since I had dropped the class, I had a new look on life; My spirit was up, my heart beated normally again. It was as if a big, black cloud over what lifted me and I could look up and see the sky so clear and bright. The book's influence did not end there. Looking in my life I saw what I have wasted my time pursuing unessential things. Ever since I have returned to religion (Which I had neglected for years), Avoided eating meat (I'm not a complete vegetarian since I eat meat once or twice a week), I have accepted myself as who I am, I have become Less materialistic (I refused to the mall When my parents ask me if I want to go). This is most favorite book.
My teacher Said To Me That I should read this book again after college and after any major turning points in my life Because the book gives you a new perspective on life.
I do not claim did after reading this book people want to have a life changing epiphany or go vegetarian, just that this book make you think about growing up and how you had to leave situations Which Caused Suffering you - about your reality. The truth about reality Is That You Create Your Own reality.