the little prince

It has been a long time since I have read a really nice book. I let myself be drawn into the busy and fast paced environment that I forgot that there is one hobby that I should indulge in because it's good for me...and that is reading.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a surprisingly nice book. I think I will not get tired of reading it over and over again. It's a delicate story. It could have been taken in so many ways and so many different perspectives. Yet you can't help but giggle at the personifications of each star and who is on them. You can't help but bite your lip to keep from crying at the end. You can't help spending time afterwards to think about what the story meant in a whole. The Little Prince transcends the innocence of children to becoming an almost etheral being. He acquired more insight into human nature in his considerably short stay on planet earth than most humans could ever hope for in a lifetime. He encountered greed, humility, love, loss and even friendship, yet he never loss his quench for knowledge nor his devotion to his home, his beloved rose and all it has.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." That quote from the fox is very much true. Sometimes we give importance to the things that our eyes can see, and neglect the intangible things which is far more important in our lives.
Another thing that I like about the book is the perspective about friendship. "One only understands the things that one tames", said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..." Friendship is not just something we can easily get or ask for, like a toy from our parents or whatever, we have to work hard for it. We have to know that person, spend time together, communicate and most importantly accept that person for who they are.
This book is indeed not just for kids, but it is actually meant for adults. It contains lessons that most of us are forgetting these days...