BOOK REVIEW: I Can't Believe It's Not A Dream - Dr. Ronnie Masilela

After reading I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT A DREAM I was reminded of two powerful quotes by Robin Sharma.

·       “My love for books is what saved me.”

·      “It’s not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching – it is what the books will get     out of you that will ultimately change your life”.

For me this book is a detailed version of what Robin Sharma was talking about in those two quotes.

The writing is amazing, it's unpretentious, lucid and poignant, I really enjoyed it and the story-line is astounding and relatable. 

The Robertson’s, the other families that took him in, his friends and every single person who helped him, I sincerely believe that was God extending a helping hand to him. 

Never have I been so touched by a book to a point of tears, I am not sure if it’s because I know the author personally hence I was able to relate and empathize with him in such a vulnerable and humane manner or if it was purely based on how disheartening his circumstances were but I believe it was a bit of both. 

I found his experiences so testing yet incredibly humbling and inspiring. 

I have the utmost respect for the author’s late grandparents because despite being poor and uneducated they were able to teach him how to set alight his abilities and potential, they were able to instill worthiness inside him and that’s powerful! Their passing racked me but I took comfort in believing that we are meant to lose the people we love, that’s how we know how important they are to us.

His mother, I really tried not to judge her too harshly but I was so angry with her for the most part of the book, I failed to understand some of her choices.  I found her to be rather imprudent and callous but regardless of my feelings towards her she was still the woman who gave birth to the author, so I had no choice but to offer her some level of respect and lenience. The defining moment for me in his relationship with his mother was when he went looking for her in Cullinan, I mean looking for a woman he barely knew and who he had not seen for so many years but still believed  that she was the piece  to complete him, now that is an act of faith.

 "It is said that to forgive is to set a prisoner free and only to discover that the prisoner was you".

I love how he found self – importance, dignity and purpose in God and not in worldly things and how pride never got in the way of him asking for a helping hand when he really needed one. I am in awe that for someone who endure such hardship and poverty not once did he use that hindrance as an excuse for him not to purse his dreams and be the person God created him to be. 

Dr. Masilela is indeed fearfully and wonderfully made.

This autobiography serves as testimony and assurance that God is with me regardless of what I maybe experiencing in life at the moment. And at times when I feel like God is far from me, this book will always afford me comfort as a reminder that God is forever present and aware of my problems and needs.

I also realized how much I’ve spoken about my own dreams but how I’ve never really taken the time to pray about them and that’s the difference between the author and I.

My conclusion is that the author was healed from every sad thing he went through the day he fulfilled his destiny and it is not many who can say that, therefore he is one of a kind. 

He is his own blessing. 

P.s. He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. 

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• Price:R320 (Incl. postage) - Order
• Author:Dr Ronnie Masilela
• Publisher:Biblaridion BK
• Language:English
• ISBN:978-1-920648-12-1
• Pages:291 pages