The title, sub-title, and 40 chapter headings of this book drew me. By the author of the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... books, this question - What about the Big Stuff begged to be tackled.
The chapter titles are significant, the text has the ring of truth, yet - to me- a bit light-weight/obvious.
I still value the book for asking the right questions, and prompting self-reflection. The answers are probably already inside us anyway...

Thanks so much, JDT. This is my first relay to come to me.

Anneke, my 4 yr old, asked me what the book was about. I told her that it was "to help me do things when I don't want to do them." and that "I have to learn about things, too." She wants to read the book too because she has things that she "doesn't want to do". Precious!

Shall report back in when I have read it.

mmm, I didn't realise that I had this book this long. Sorry. It's going to be read after The Home by Scott Nicholson, c. 2005

I collect quotes as I read. These ones are fun, poetical, or even philosophical. Take what you like, and leave the rest. Note that these aren't necessarily the "best" in the book. These happen to be close to the spot where I stopped reading each night.

One of my favorite descriptions of life is that it's just one mistake after another with a little time in between." Despite its humor, this is a pretty accurate way of seeing things. If you think about it, it's true. We make mistakes, we (hopefully) learn from them; we make adjustments and move on. At some point, there will be another mistake, and so forth. In the meantime, everyone else is going through the same process. Your parents are making mistakes, as are your friends, neighbors, children, coworkers, and everyone else.
Notice that the above description says "one mistake after another" instead of "one failure after another." It's not necessary to see our mistakes or the things that go wrong as failures. Mistakes are so much a part of life that they cannot be avoided. In fact they are what allow us to make adjustments in our lives and to learn. Without them, life would probably cease to be very interesting. p72

When dealing with lesser things [than death], it's easy to see that if we did not want these things to be different, then we would be free. Certainly if we didn't wish to control our world, the events and people in our lives, then we would be at peace. How much of our pain and suffering stems from our intense need for things to be different? p143

One of my favorite expressions is this: "Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle." p249
[comment: I like this one a lot.]


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I have to admit that I found some of ideas in here somewhat repititive. Perhaps the author planned to use positive reinforcement. Anyhow, I am pleased to have perused and absorbed some of the information.

A nice surprise in my mailbox today! Thanks for sending it back home, Tania!
Happy weekend!

I picked this up from JDT at tonight's meeting.

Wow - you're quick on the draw (computer-wise), caligula03!
Happy to release this in person at our very cool meet-up this evening!

As with the "small stuff" books, there is some nice and practical advice with a lot of repetition.

RELEASE NOTES:

Next meeting.