A classic best seller for over 25 years

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	• The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual ... M. Scott Peck Touchstone, 2003 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 173 reviews view larger image
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For many, it's a life-changing read

How amazing that we are still writing reviews on this record-breaking book 30 years after its writing! As another reviewer said, "The Road Less Traveled had an epiphany effect on my life." That has surely been the case for thousands of readers. Peck's insights into spirituality (not to be confused with religion) had a far more profound, immediate and direct effect on my adult spirituality than did my strict religious upbringing and my entire education at private religious schools (without disparaging the lessons of my childhood rearing).

The section of this book titled "Discipline" taught me that "spiritual" means more than just religious--and I have been infinitely more in tune with my spiritual side (the non-physical aspects of who I am) in the 20 years since the first of my many readings of this book than I ever was before.

The advice on love is indispensable. I used to tell everyone I dated that our relationship could not proceed until after they'd read that section--so they'd know what love is and is not! Another favorite section is where Peck talks about how most people stop drawing their maps of the world (their view of reality) at an early age because it is extremely painful to make revisions. But wise people embrace the pain of constantly redrawing our maps because it results in great rewards of meaning and purpose.

Some have mocked Peck's first sentence, "Life is difficult," as a great big "duh." They fail to mention the point he makes... how he builds on that. According to testimony, entire lives have been changed by the end of page one. Life's most important truths are the simplest ones (I learned that from this book, and it is so true!), and once we understand that life is difficult by definition, instead of assuming it is expected to be relatively easy, then suddenly it no longer seems the world is against us personally, and life is no longer so difficult. One page, changed lives!

I have given 20 to 40 copies of this book as gifts over time. But I always recommended only the sections on Discipline and Love. I told them I really didn't get much from the section on Grace, and that they should take it or leave it as they wished. (I can't deduct a star for this, since the rest of the book is so good.) I also agree with those who have said parts of the book are a difficult read. My first copy was a gift to me, and I didn't read it for several years, not until too many people recommended it for me to ignore it any longer. I had gotten bogged down in the case histories--the psychiatry talk. But be patient. The good parts are always just around the corner.

A book this successful, this enduring, and with so many accolades and favorable testimonies cannot be ignored by wise, thoughtful people.

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Life is difficult. - It can be less so.

This one takes me back. - I can think of many books that describe my current understanding and even more that express what I hope to be true, but the one most responsible for changing my reality is a "A Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck.

I read it many years ago when I was at a particularly low point in life, alone, and filled with questions that I ironically considered basic. Peck's book introduced new concepts, in bite-sized pieces--at just the right time, and in doing so set me on a path that I continue to this day.

My reading list has grown dramatically since then, but "A Road Less Traveled" still occupies a special place in my heart and on my bookshelf.

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A classic best seller for over 25 years

This book is one of the "Must Reads" for everyone who is in search of success in life. While written three decades ago, Dr. Peck's words ring true today for the person seeking more out of their life.

The book is broken into four parts: Discipline, Love, Growth and Religion, and Grace. Each section has many examples from his work with patients...showing us that we are not alone in our stuggles in life, but that others have gone down the rocky roads that we each face. Life is hard, that is just a fact, but how we attack the problems we face are what sets us apart.

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Deep Reading

Put your thinking cap on as you delve into the world of spirituality. You'll discover exactly what it means to you.

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