Named a "Best Seller" by Amazon, being the #1 seller in their Essays group (Kindle Store) in February, 2022.
KIRKUS BOOK REVIEW
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“The author offers readers ‘an invitation to look below surfaces and beyond first appearances.’ The result is a wonderfully paradoxical read that provides profound, moving insights in vignettes that are typically no longer than one or two pages….Always incisive, the collection is deliberately approachable and written in a charming, almost quaint style….this is a delightful book by an author whose career has been dedicated to exploring ethical living. A poignant compilation that delivers astute reflections on creating a rich, meaningful life.”
(The complete review is here on the Kirkus Review page.)
Look around, now.
Look again, more intently and deeply.
Fully present in the present,
This time and this place
want to show us something.
— Opening Thoughts on Everyday Living
by Don Welch
All too often, public conversation is reduced to sound bites — which is to say, to no conversation at all. Sound bites are shortcuts that allow us to skip over meaningful engagement with others. They are used for their attention-getting power, not for their informational value. They are simple, easy to remember, but are never the whole story.
Opening Thoughts on Everyday Living: Digging Deeper, Looking Farther provides an alternative to sound bites in the form of Opening Thoughts. These pieces are designed to encourage a lingering with a subject—fostering a more substantive consideration of the issue at hand.
This book is an invitation to look below surfaces and beyond first appearances. Through reflections expressed through stories, essays, poems, songs, and other observations, these Opening Thoughts expand our understanding of the world in which we live.
