Life is a Leaky Bucket Author:Zarin Steven-Johan LIFE IS A LEAKY BUCKET is a biography about one womans struggle to gain control of the blows life has dealt her with. Long before it became the bugbear term in the flying industry, 'Deep Vein Thrombosis' was already a terrifying disorder for the author, Zarin Steven Johan. — Diagnosed with a genetic disorder at age 43, her life has since be... more »en shadowed by the risk of life-threatening blood clots. Zarin did not succumb to the disease but worked around it in order to continue living normally. She had to alter her lifestyle completely in order to cope with the disease, but she realised that like how she overcame her other struggles this was another hurdle that she had to clear.
Ironically, Zarin's potentially fatal condition has given her a new life. She reveals how phrases like "seize the day" and "take control of your own life", once hollow cliches to her, are today the credos by which she lives her life. A life lived to the full, in the complete awareness of the joys and possibilities that each moment brings.
Having seen her 50th birthday and counting the years steadily, she tells us her poignant story of courage and determination.
Zarin recounts her struggle....Born into a blue-blood family in India, Zarin was accustomed to a lavish lifestyle. The India-Pakistan war threw her family into poverty and she had to adapt. Later on in life she had to endure scornings from her mother and betrayal by her brother coupled with her sickness; yet she remained a fighter.
LIFE IS A LEAKY BUCKET is more than a tale of one remarkable woman's survival of personal medical crisis. It is an inspiring call to each of us to re-examine our own lives and to have the courage to make the changes where they really matter.« less