The explanations for his suggested 'rules' are not for your typical Oprah Book Club reader longing for simple answers, and dumbed-down explanations. Jordan's various essays are fascinating, lengthy-and at times wandering-discussions of what it means to be human and how to live in this world we inhabit. Although, perhaps not one for the typical audience of such books. Peterson, undertakes his first serious attempt to distill his ideas about life into a book for a general audience. Psychologist and controversial public figure, Jordan B. For both the inspiration and now the instruction manual, my new family and I thanks you. To say that I am grateful is “almost to say nothing at all”. This humble carpenter attempting to find the words to express gratitude for the difference made in my life by a stranger I’ll never meet, on the other side of the globe, wouldn’t do it justice. We’ll it happened so thanks to this guy my new wife and I now have a 6 month old son who we love more than we knew possible. After listening, we decided “if it happens on the honeymoon it happens, if not, back to our careers”. We’d been together for 10 years before we were married and had planned not to have kids.
October before last, my fiancé at the time and myself listened to one of Jordan’s lectures/podcasts relating to having kids on the drive down the coast to our wedding. He mentions in his book something along the lines of “to say anything is to say nothing at all” with regards to the level of pain his daughter experienced. One of the greatest themes in this book is that we can only find meaning and manifest our true greatness and purpose if we are willing to take on the struggle and responsibility of confronting suffering in ourselves first, so we can find the courage to confront suffering in others and the world, and do our part to lessen it.“To say anything is to say nothing at all” We can only manifest our greatest purpose and goodness as was intended by God, if we are willing to bear the truth of our souls as we walk with God, as did the first man and woman in their nakedness before they found shame in self-consciousness, knowing good and evil. You have to sit in the uncomfortable and vulnerable truth of your own imperfection and do so in the eyes of God. If you really want to know yourself, you have to explore not only your light, which is easy, but you also have to explore your dark. However, I loved this book and I summarised it to an audio-book. I have read dozens of books, mostly covering human nature, psychology, and history. Hear this audio-book summary of 12 Rules for Life.
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