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Life is made of moments small pieces of silver amidst long stretches oftedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned but particularlyin lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now that wont happen. We have toteach ourselves now to live really live...to love the journey not thedestination.In this treasure of a book Anna Quindlen the bestselling novelist andcolumnist reflects on what it takes to get a lifeto live deeply every dayand 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 usQuindlen writes because unless you know the clock is ticking it is so easyto waste our days our lives. Her mother died when Quindlen was nineteen Itwas the dividing line between seeing the world in black and white and inTechnicolor. The lights came on for the darkest possible reason....I learnedsomething enduring in a very short period of time about life. And that wasthat it was glorious and that you had no business taking it for granted. Buthow to live from that perspective to fully engage in our days? In A ShortGuide to a Happy Life Quindlen guides us with an understanding that comes fromknowing how to see the view the richness in living. «
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