This book is well reasoned, psychologically correct and intuitively helpful. Rosen’s arguments work with the reader’s values instead of fighting them. There’s a great deal of humor, good common sense and surprising reminders of things known but temporarily forgotten.

It is a wonderful book whose chapters are broken down into shorter, pithy topics which begin with a quote and end with a highlighted summary sentence. The little sections reminded me of books containing daily readings for a year. The chapters themselves also have an introduction to their subject and an “Explorations” section at the end, to tie the chapter together again.

An example paragraph from a Chapter 4 topic, “Anyone Can Be a Teacher”:

Learning from others requires humility. Whenever a friend of mine attends a public talk on a topic of interest to her, she predictably comes back to tell me all the things the speaker did wrong and all the ways in which she could have done a better job. If you already think you’re smarter than someone else, then obviously you have nothing to learn from them. If you invest your mental energy in comparisons or feelings of envy, you leave no room in your mind to discover what other people can offer you.

This struck a chord in me as I’m like the author’s friend, always looking for what is wrong with something rather than looking for ways I can learn or discover something.

I recommend this book for anyone; it’s easy, fun, thought provoking reading almost guaranteed to add warmth and joy to a reader’s life. It is from a spiritual slant thought and discusses spiritual subjects but there is nothing “religious” in the writing and I did not find anything offensive in the author’s humble presentation of his chosen subject.

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