Review: An examined life
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
This is such a delightful book that I have been reading (and sometimes re-reading) one or two chapters every night before going to sleep. Each one focuses on an interesting anecdote about an incident or period in the author’s life, followed by a short reflection and analysis of the meaning or lesson to be learned from that experience.Part of what makes the book so fascinating is that the experiences themselves are drawn from a life very different from my own, from places as far flung as the sunny island of Trinidad in the Caribbean to the moose-infested highways of Saskatchewan.  There are stories of gassy cats and hair dyed pink, hot peppers and toilet paper.  They are all entertaining and there is something important to be gleaned from each one.The book is fittingly dedicated “To those who yearn to maximize an ordinary life” and I very highly recommend it.