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A Parting Gift by Ben Erickson

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3.0

This is one of those books that attempts to teach wisdom.

Josh delivers meals on wheels and one of the recipients (William) asks him to work on a project with him, to record some of his stories. Through the telling of the stories he tries to guide Josh through the issues Josh faces in his family life and to impart an ability to look differently at the world, making some of the things we go through easier to take.

There is a cycle of life message and there are messages about regret, obstacles, love, family, adventure. Despite the messages it contains, some of the language it uses and an underlying faith, it isn’t a preachy book, so it succeeded in making me pause occasionally to reflect. What you get out of it will depend on where you are in your own life journey (internally/spiritually rather than chronologically).
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