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The making of lemonade
`We can't change others, we can only change ourselves.' A truism easier quoted than followed. But New Zealand author Tom Mulholland has found a method of changing oneself. He calls it "healthy thinking". He lays out the "emotional algebra" in his book, "Healthy Thinking, How to turn life's lemons into lemonade."
To quote from the book, "Healthy thinking is like brain surgery without the blood." The book chronicles the author's own struggle and conquest over misery, despair and depression.
Talking about the book at its release, super cop Kiran Bedi said the book made her realise she was living life the right way. She described her serendipitous experience with the book.
Even under duress she found she could be happy and not succumb to negativities. The book, said the Magsaysay award-winner, "tells you to go on the right path or to hold your breath, think a bit and then go on."
H.E. Graeme Waters, High Commissioner of New Zealand in India, said he found the book particularly interesting because of Mulholland's own roller coaster life. Mulholland, `The Attitude Doctor', moved from being a bouncer at a nightclub to a doctor to a successful entrepreneur to a failed businessman. The book, Waters said, showed how we could change the way we feel by changing the way we think. Shobit Arya, publisher, Wisdom Tree, confirmed that the book was a light read but the wisdom was profound. sSoma Patnaik, a class X student, was an example of healthy thinking. Her vision was only two per cent of a normal person. She looked beyond her ailment and scored 93 per cent in her Board exams. With earnestness she said, "We can all be wizards with healthy thinking."
NANDINI NAIR
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