the innocence in all of us

Sometimes the title of the book says it all. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff … and it’s all small stuff by Richard Carlson is one of those.

“I’ll bet that’s a good book,” I said the first time I saw it and the hundreds or thousands of other times I saw it since it appeared in 1997. Finally, the other day, I bought a copy at an antique mall.

Someone had inscribed it, “Katie — This is the book I was talking about. I found it very inspirational, hope you do too!! 8 Mandi 2003.” Mandi drew a s...