"Life is made of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of grey cement. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves hwo to live, really live...to love the journey, not the destination."

In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to "get a life" - to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days. "Knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us," Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen: "It was the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white, and in Technicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason....I learned something enduring, in a very sort period of time, about life. And that was that it was glorious, and that you had no business taking it for granted." But how to live from that perspective, to fully engage in our days? In A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes from knowing how to see the view, the richness in living.

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Sent to Enidq as RABCK, hope you enjoy the book.

Just got this in the mail. Thank you Blue183.

I loved the book and what it had to say. A great, quick little read.

Released on Friday, March 19, 2004 at Post Office in South Elgin, Illinois USA.

Controlled release at PO to busybooklover.

Enjoy.

Thanks for trade EnidQ-- I love this author and this will be a nice sweet quick read!

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on shelf- Mass release =)