What matters most

paperback, 270 pp. including bibliography and index Contents: Preface: What matters 1. Shock and awe: that life not be governed by fear 2. Saving the appearances: that we learn to tolerate ambiguity 3. Starving amid abundance: that we consider feeding the soul 4. That we respect the power of eros 5. That we step into largeness 6. That we risk growth over security 7. That we live verbs not nouns 8. That we find and follow the path of creativity and delight in foolish passions 9. That we engage spiritual crises, and other bad days at the office 10. That we write our story, lest someone else write it for us 11. Amor fati: that we fight fate, and love it also 12. That we live more fully in the shadow of mortality 13. That we accept at last that our home is our journey, and our journey is our home.