Start you day with the beautiful and calming quotes of Alan Watts for your mind and soul. " People sometimes fail to live because they are always preparing to live. " ~ Alan Watts "To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." ~ Alan Watts
My nephew is dealing with schizophrenia and requested books by Alan Watts, and I obliged. Each book I send him I also read, and this was just treacle-y, ridiculous crap. I actually felt like I had done my nephew a disservice by sending it, as it seemed likely to appeal to what seems like his disorganized and non-realistic thinking. As I think of books to send, I'm changing gears from poetry and Alan watts to young adult tales. I'm thinking Susan Cooper, Ursula K. Le Guin, that sort of thing.