Recommended Reading: No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality
by Michael J. Fox
Sourced: Christmas 2020 present from my brother, Brian
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“With gratitude, optimism becomes sustainable.”
- No Time Like the Future
I love Michael J Fox.
No, seriously. I LOVE MICHAEL J FOX! His optimism, humor, and handsome, handsome face have been charming me my entire life. As a celebrity crush, he is everything I could hope for. As a mortal being, he’s even more. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991, he decided to share his potentially devastating diagnosis with the public, using what could have been the darkest moment of his life to create hope, community, and joy through The Michael J Fox Foundation. What a babe.
There are too many heartthrob moments in this book to list them all. The way he writes about his wife of 30 years, and his four kids, reveals a man driven by love and connection. He uses his trademark humor to bring light to even the darkest moments. Not to cover up grief, but to feel it in a way that lifts and supports himself and those around him.
Something that really resonated with me is that MJF does not attempt to hide any moments of weakness or regret (as I would most certainly do if writing a memoir). Rather, he treats himself (and those around him) with compassion, patience, and understanding. He owns up to moments of fallibility, not through self-criticism, but through introspective understanding and a healthy dose of humility.
I have been crushing on MJF as long as I can remember and this book only stoked the flames of my passion. Thank you for sharing your life and mind, Michael. You’re a dream boat.
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