"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.
發表於2024-12-22
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I remember John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of Dakota; '' Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'' School never ends, classroom is everywhere, the exam comes at the very end.
評分I remember John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of Dakota; '' Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'' School never ends, classroom is everywhere, the exam comes at the very end.
評分I remember John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of Dakota; '' Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'' School never ends, classroom is everywhere, the exam comes at the very end.
評分I remember John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of Dakota; '' Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'' School never ends, classroom is everywhere, the exam comes at the very end.
評分I remember John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of Dakota; '' Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.'' School never ends, classroom is everywhere, the exam comes at the very end.
圖書標籤: 隨筆 英文原版 心理學 AnnaQuindlen 生活 美國 原版 life
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. Look at the view.
評分短短的一小本,心靈雞湯類的,Quindlen的文字挺美。
評分反復有人推薦,花瞭美金買的kindle version.1個小時內 足夠讀3遍的小冊子,稱它為書是言過其實的說法,形式其實大於內容. This Short Guide never did make my trip shorter nor it did make me happier.
評分一碗香噴噴熱騰騰的無毒雞湯 喝下何妨
評分真的非常short.
A Short Guide to a Happy Life 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載