www.atlanticpublishers.ca, Summer 2004, Number 44
Personal Improvement:
Turn Left
PHOTO (ABOVE) IN ADDITION TO WRITING BOOKS, COPTHORNE TENDS THE WISDOM PAGE — A POPULAR WEB SITE THAT RANKS AMONG THE TOP TEN OF 9.6 MILLION RETURNS IN A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR THE WORD "WISDOM" There are many paths to personal growth and development and many books designed to help you find that path. . . .
Matters of Consequence: Creating a Meaningful Life and a World That Works, by Copthorne Macdonald (Big Ideas Press, $34.21) cuts another path to increased self-knowledge. The book's underlying assumption is: "If we come to understand the interior and exterior aspects of the human situation — deeply, comprehensively, clearly — then what needs to be done, both in our personal lives and the world around us, becomes clear." It takes a broad intellectual voyage into "personal concerns such as living a creative and significant life, and societal ones such as sustainability and economic justice."
. . . the journey — it is said — is half the fun. And half the challenge.
