From the introduction:
The new millenium is here and it’s time to take a good, hard look at yourself. If you’re like most modern Americans, chances are you’ve been speeding through your day, tackling every interest and commitment as if it really mattered. What a boatload of activities you have! Commuting, career, exercise, hobbies, fine dining, catalog shopping, day trading, toys, books, passions and obsessions. Child rearing, marriage therapy, traveling, retirement planning, cooking and cleaning. Your mind is cluttered with news and opinions, your life is a non-stop race to add to and keep up with your possessions.
So, just how happy are you, busy friend? Not very? We’re not surprised.
What would you say if we told you there was a way to find real happiness, and that it has nothing to do with buying another bottle of antidepressants, another yoga mat, or another lot of organic green tea samplers on eBay??
Listen up.
We all come from a more simple-minded time, when primitive societies worshipped rain gods and sun gods and practiced ritual sacrifice; when people could not conceive of automated teller machines, no-fault divorce or Olestra; when the limit of mental effort was deciding which end of the twig went into the termite hole. And in this day and age, with the much-bemoaned acceleration of life, the worldwide terrorist panic and the crushing stock market downturn, when the apocalyptic deluge is a downpour of information, there is a great deal of comfort to be found in discovering anew the vast resources of simple-mindedness within you—in unlocking the serenity, soulfulness, the insular quietude and tremendous power of your inner infant, your inner moppet, your inner bonehead.
Boy, was that a long sentence! Long sentences are one of the things you will learn to do away with if you make the commitment to yourself to read this book.