This I Believe, Jay Allison, Dan Geidman

This I Believe:  The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman. I got the audio version of this book to hear on the way to work. I picked up the hardback at a Labor Day Festival in Greenbelt, MD while perusing through boxes of books.

Started: 9/13/2013
Completed: 9/18/2013
Recommendation: Recommended, it will raise your spirits
Recommended By: Nobody

Review:

This is a collection of personal beliefs.  Some are starkly informing (Helen Keller and Einstein) but most are just interesting.   There are plenty of essays in this book that are interesting, but the overall feel that I got was that these people actually take the time to think about the way that they live.  It was nice.  It is so easy to believe that people just behave unthinkingly and it offers hope to me to hear normal people provide their personal beliefs.  I didn't find words to live by for the most part (one person talked about a "careful balance of freedoms" which gave me pause and caused me to take some time to think).  I recommend you listen to this book.  The introduction by Studds Terkel will take your breath away.  It was also amazing to hear Helen Keller.