The Geography of Bliss

I finished the book. Yes it took me a month, and no that has nothing to do with my intelligence. Here are some excerpts that I supremely liked:

"That old saw about the glass being half full or half empty is dead wrong. What really matters is whether water is flowing into or out of the glass."

"Some places are like family. They annoy us to no end, especially during the holidays, but we keep coming back for more because we know, deep in our hearts, that our destinies are intertwined. For me that place is India. I hate it. I love it. Not alternately but simultaneously."

"Where did the feeling come from? I can't identify any one moment nor any particular position I twisted my body into. It just snuck up on me. Maybe this is how enlightenment happens. Not with a thunderclap or a bolt of lightning but as a steady drip, drip, drip until one day you realize your bucket is full."

"Money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. neither is gratitude."

Nice read... Thanks Dad!!!