Recipe for a nice summer day: sunshine, a comfy lawn chair, a cool drink, and a good book. Combine relaxation with something worthwhile–read up on a social-justice issue. The library is filled with great novels with social-justice themes and biographies of fascinating people like Dorothy Day and Mother Teresa. Explore a major issue you’ve been struggling with, like elder care, hunger, ethics in business, poverty, war, abortion, violence. Ponder our responsibilities as part of the human family.
I have a long list of titles to get you started. Most have annotations to give you an idea of what they’re about. Email me at [email protected] and I’ll gladly send it to you.
Think about it: while you’re laid back sippin’ and sunnin’, you can learn how to simplify your life and make a better world at the same time.