Holly's review
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
by M. Scott Peck
Holly's review
The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
Holly's review
rating:
bookshelves:
to-finish-reading
recommended for: everyone
The only reason I haven't finished reading this great book is because I gave my copy to a stranger who was going through a personal crisis and had a more immediate need than I for its contents. I will say, even though I haven't finished the book, that it's totally re-shaped the way I think about love (as action versus feeling).
TRLT blends ideas from Eastern and Western psychology and provides a sort of road map of thought for anyone who wants to live life more fully and deepen their relationships. There's no big secret revealed in this book, but a crystalization of what everyone knows: Life is hard. Life has always been difficult and will always be difficult. There are no quick fixes for anything worth while, no one to blame when things don't work out, so let's acknowledge it and get on with the work of living and loving and enjoy this crazy fuck of a life. Peck gives voice to these basic truths we all inherently know beneath all the invisible emotional bullshit we carry around on ...more
TRLT blends ideas from Eastern and Western psychology and provides a sort of road map of thought for anyone who wants to live life more fully and deepen their relationships. There's no big secret revealed in this book, but a crystalization of what everyone knows: Life is hard. Life has always been difficult and will always be difficult. There are no quick fixes for anything worth while, no one to blame when things don't work out, so let's acknowledge it and get on with the work of living and loving and enjoy this crazy fuck of a life. Peck gives voice to these basic truths we all inherently know beneath all the invisible emotional bullshit we carry around on ...more
