The Paris Review Published Anthony Madrid's article: "The Six Books Everyone Should Write," a while back ("I’m saying one should compose (1) a book about oneself, (2) a book about others, (3) an anthology of favorites, (4) a book about words, and now I’m adding (5) a book of lists.")
This section from from Chang-Rae Lee's "My Year Abroad" made me want to add another...
"Life, friends, is a people business," Victor Jr. pronounced with a stained tea towel slung over his cushy shoulder, this after we'd fist-bumped Rafe and Hardtime and group hugged good night with Mrs. Parnthong, who was visiting 20 Whet for the first time. Val and I assumed he was parroting some philosophizing chef in a video he'd watched, but the dappled glints in his eyes made you wonder if another dimension had opened to him, that he was realizing as a lot of grown-ups never do-that what was fundamentally good for you was staying busy, making something new every day, and having kind social contact.
Everyone should write a book about what they's discovered "was fundamentally good for you." Much of what I've found attractive enough to write about in this blog revolves around that notion.... "right living."
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