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From the author of Blessings and Still Life with Bread Crumbs, Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life is the perfect gift for graduation, or any occasion.

“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. 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 now 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,” Quindlen writes, “because unless you know the clock is ticking, it is so easy to waste our days, our lives.” 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 short 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.

This world would be a much better place if people who read books like this would look beyond their initial "cliché" reaction, and actually think about why counsel like this becomes so common. Perhaps because it reflects a deeper truth to which we should pay attention? As Quindlen says "You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life." That being true, then counsel such as hers (whether original or not) that helps us to see what will bring happiness and joy to ourselves and others is priceless. This small book takes minutes to read, but a wise reader will think about its teachings for far longer, and then act upon them.
This little book, only 50 pages long, deserves a place on your “permanent” keepsake bookshelf, along side of such self-help gems as William Bennett’s The Virtues, Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends, Russell Conwell’s Acres of Diamonds, Og Mandino’s The Greatest Salesman in the World, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking and The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale.

Goodreads member John of Canada said, Nothing really hew here but that doesn’t diminish its value. Simple messages are usually the best. Lots of nice pictures to go along with lots of lovely thoughts.


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