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This book is quite suggestive in my point of view. I’m understanding that Ruiz wants his readers to adopt these elements, but I think we really need to remember that what Ruiz is highlighting is foundational and it is up to us to personalize it. If doing our best is simply opening our eyes, we have to remember exactly that—that opening our eyes was our best for the given day. Overall, this is a book of reminders.

I am understanding that there is a power connected with word. Referred to as “the Word”, what you say and/or believe about yourself and/or others is “the Word”, and it is “the Word” that serves as a spell, or a kind of manifestation that is with you for the rest of your life. This spell is an agreement you are making, and it can be good or bad. Either way, it is reflective of yourself as a human being.