A big book with pictures therefore it must be a children's book but this book by Colin Thompson is just as much for adults - a message for everyone here.
Thompson shows us rats live for a short time and most of that time they are very happy. We, humans live for a long time and for a lot of that time we are not happy. We spend our lives wanting what we haven't got, wanting to be someone we are not wanting to be somewhere else with someone else and so on. The last page gives us the answer to happiness and it is very simple - "you just have to happy with a lot less"
Thompson has published a follow up in 2008 The BIG LITTLE BOOK of HAPPY SADNESS which is definitely more adult than children. Read both.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment