Book Review of "Notes on How to Live in the World..." by Hugh Prather

Book Review of
"Notes on How to Live in the World...
And Still Be Happy"
by Hugh Prather

Review by
Bill Schaeffer

copyright(c) 2013
William Schaeffer

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From the book by Hugh Prather:

p. 46

"Please be assured that this is possible. Depression, irritation, anxiety, jealousy, guilt, and all other forms of mental misery that we so quickly accept as inevitable, do not HAVE to remain coiled to strike. A strong mental state is yours if you will merely undertake, easily and with patience, the steps necessary to attain it."

p. 184

"The key to a happy body is to treat it like a pet dog. If we project our emotions onto our pets, we respond to them inappropriately, but if we look closely at them and identify with what they are truly feeling and thinking, we can be of comfort to them and consequently they become little gifts of affection and funniness to us."

p. 241

"Remember that change is always a very real possibility. Suddenly your life can open to the spirit of peace. If you will merely persist in being the kind of person you want to be, this must eventually occur. It is a matter of working with your own heart, your own desires, until at last you are living them straightforwardly and are not set spinning within every worldly current."

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