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A review by brittanyisbooked
I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory by Daniel Paisner, Ray Lewis
4.0
I started this book on a long car ride and kept it going as much as I could the rest of the day. I loved the narrator and I loved hearing this story. After the recent news and state of America, I needed to hear a black man's story (TRUE) story, first hand.
***If you do nothing else, read the last chapter.*** The last chapter brought tears to my eyes- it saddened me because one year later, things have only gotten worse. It spoke to me because it's all the things I wish I could articulate, all of the feelings I wish people would harbor instead of hate. The attitude that "like" and "follow" that today's social media is riddled with are NOT the way to live... we need to respect and lead instead. I loved it.
It doesn't matter if you are a Ravens fan, a Ray Lewis fan, or even a football fan. While, logically, this story revolves around football, if you stop and listening to what Lewis is telling the world about the human condition it won't matter. If you only listen to how hard he worked, and how sometimes hard work didn't matter; if you listen to how he made conscious choices that didn't always work out, but he forgave himself and others involved to move forward; if you do these things, you will be touched deeply by this book.
I am still being brought to tears writing this review which just tells me how powerful this book was. I hate seeing a powerful book fly under the radar so please, give it a read.
***If you do nothing else, read the last chapter.*** The last chapter brought tears to my eyes- it saddened me because one year later, things have only gotten worse. It spoke to me because it's all the things I wish I could articulate, all of the feelings I wish people would harbor instead of hate. The attitude that "like" and "follow" that today's social media is riddled with are NOT the way to live... we need to respect and lead instead. I loved it.
It doesn't matter if you are a Ravens fan, a Ray Lewis fan, or even a football fan. While, logically, this story revolves around football, if you stop and listening to what Lewis is telling the world about the human condition it won't matter. If you only listen to how hard he worked, and how sometimes hard work didn't matter; if you listen to how he made conscious choices that didn't always work out, but he forgave himself and others involved to move forward; if you do these things, you will be touched deeply by this book.
I am still being brought to tears writing this review which just tells me how powerful this book was. I hate seeing a powerful book fly under the radar so please, give it a read.