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A Short Guide to a Happy Life
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What Does It Take to Get a Life? is a classic reflection on what it takes to live deeply every day. Quindlen says, “Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination. ” She continues by saying that although knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us, our pride keeps us from listening to it.
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