Life is full of challenges which are often seen as problems, – or projects as Steve Chandler calls them. The way in which we deal with them can lead to a very different attitude to life – or is it that our attitude to life leads us to deal with challenges differently? We can be victims or survivors, losers or champions. We can be overcome or overwhelmed. . How to deal with life’s challenges is not something we are deliberately taught in school but rather pick up by chance from teachers, parents, friends, books and movies by observing how others act or react in different situations. Andrew Norriss’s books fall into the category of books that help us see difficult situations in a new light.Problems can be turned into postive experiences with life changing results and the self empowerment of the heroes. In Andrew Norriss’s books ordinary children find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. At first sight they may seem to be quite overwhelming problems - in The Portal, William and Daniel’s parents have gone missing; In The Unluckiest Boy in the World Nicholas is living under a curse. In both stories adventures happen, the difficulties are explored and the children learn more about themselves. They discover their hidden strengths and come to greater understanding of how it is possible to live happy lives even when circumstances do not appear to be in your favour. Bad things may happen but you can come through stronger and happier and with knowledge to help understand how there is the potential to live happily wherever you are.
Anyone read Sara by Abraham -Hicks? Similarly about selfempowerment but in a more direct way. I loved it but don’t know how it would go down with children. Would love to know if you have experience of it.
