MY JOURNEY: TRANSFORMING DREAMS INTO ACTIONS IS THE LIFE STORY OF INDIA`S ELEVENTH PRESIDENT, DR. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM, WHO STARTED OFF AS AN INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE BOY RAMESWARAM, BUT ENDED UP BECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY, BESIDES BEING A BRILLIANT SCIENTIST AS WELL. THE BOOK PORTRAYS THE STRUGGLE THAT DR. KALAM HAD TO ENDURE, AS HE CLIMBED THE LADDER OF SUCCESS IN LIFE. HE SPEAKS AT LENGTH ABOUT EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO IMPACTED HIS LIFE, DURING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS AS A CHILD AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG ADULT. HE SPEAKS ABOUT THOSE WHO WERE THE CLOSEST TO HIM, SUCH AS HIS FATHER, WHO LOVED GOD DEEPLY. HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HIS MOTHER AND HER KINDNESS. APART FROM HIS PARENTS, HE SPEAKS ABOUT HIS MENTORS, WHO MOLDED HIS THOUGHTS AND DIRECTED HIS ACTIONS. MY JOURNEY: TRANSFORMING DREAMS INTO ACTIONS IS A BOOK THAT OFFERS YOU MANY EMOTIONAL ACCOUNTS BY DR. KALAM, WHICH SPEAK OF HIS LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN BY THE BAY OF BENGAL. HE TELLS HIS READERS ABOUT THE MANY TIMES WHEN HE WOULD FEEL DEJECTED IN LIFE AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF GIVING UP. HE MENTIONS THAT HE GAINED STRENGTH IN THOSE TIMES FROM SPIRITUALITY AND CERTAIN BOOKS. ALL IN ALL, THE BOOK GIVES YOU VALUABLE AND FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON LIFE ITSELF.
देशातील नामवंत शास्त्रज्ञ व ज्येष्ठ विचारवंत डॉ. कलाम यांच्या जीवनयात्रेतील स्फूर्तिदायी आठवणी... रामेश्वरमच्या सागरतीरावरील अल्लडवयीन मुलगा ते भारताच्या राष्ट्रपतीपदी विराजमान होणारा बुद्धिमान शास्त्रज्ञ व थोर विचारवंत... या दरम्यानची डॉ. ए. पी. जे. अब्दुल कलाम यांची जीवनयात्रा म्हणजे दृढनिश्चय, धाडस, चिकाटी आणि सर्वोत्कृष्टतेचा ध्यास यांचा विलक्षण मिलाफ आहे. या जीवनयात्रेदरम्यानच्या आठवणी, भेटलेली माणसं, ठळक प्रसंग त्यांनी या पुस्तकातून वाचकांसमोर उलगडले आहेत. त्यांच्या आयुष्यावर प्रभाव टाकणार्‍या व्यक्ती, त्यांचे जिवलग, मार्गदर्शक, गुरू या सगळ्यांबद्दल त्यांनी अतिशय प्रेमानं व आपुलकीनं लिहीलं आहे. आयुष्यात या स्थानावर पोहोचताना त्यांनी केलेला त्याग, संघर्ष आणि जिद्द यांच्या वाटचालीची कहाणी वाचताना वाचक भारावून जातो. ही विलक्षण जीवनयात्रा मार्गदर्शक, स्फूर्तिदायी आणि प्रेरक आहे.