I got two books by Lemony Snicket for my fifteenth birthday, one was Horseradish Bitter Truths you can't avoid and, the other was the Unauthorized Autobiography of a Series of Unfortunate Events. I am going to do a post on Horseradish first. Horseradish is an amazing book it's all about all the hard bitter parts of life, and how to react to them, there are some things in this book which are not quite right, because Lemony Snicket is not a Christian, but I think there are some interesting true things in there. Here are some quotes.

"There is something marvelous about returning home at the end of a long day, even if there is tuna fish for dinner."

I think this is a true saying.

But this next quote is one I disagree with.

"There are some poeple who say that you should forgive everyone, even people who have dissappointed you immeasurably. There are others who say you should stomp off in a huff no matter how mant times they apologise. Of these two philosophies, the second is more fun, but it can also grow exhausting to stomp off in a huff every time someone has dissapointed you, as everyone disappoints everyone eventually, and one can't stomp off in a huff every minute of the day.

The author is coming to the right Biblical conclusions, we should forgive others all the time but I think he has the wrong reasons for thinking this, he is making a joke of it really.

Here is another quote which I think is very true.

"Deciding on the right thing to do in a situation is a bit like deciding on the right thing to wear to a party, such as deep sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier. The truth is that you can never be sure if you have decided on the right thing until the party is over, and by then it is too late to go back and change your mind, which is why the world is filled with people doing terrible things and wearing ugly clothing." I think that passage is true in a worldly sense, sometimes we just don't know what to wear or do, but we have the bible so we have more of an idea of what is right and what is wrong and as for the things we dont know are right or wrong we shoud go by our conscience, if our conscience tells us that somethink is wrong ,them we should not do it. There is one part of horseradish that says," It is difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked to begin with. "

I think this is true but the Bible says, " What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul."

I think it is not difficult to be wicked, it is simply impossible to be good. Rom 6:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"

Thanks for reading this post about Lemony Snicket's horseradish, you might like to get a copy your self, it may help you as it has for me. You can look it up on amazon .