EASY TO READ! GREAT MESSAGE!

This is a great book that really helps us see what is really important in life. Using a phenomenologial apprach to life, the author uses a dialogue format to show us that the present moment is where everything is at. Very simple to read and easy to understand. If you'd like to examine these things in more detail and look at these things from a big-picture perspective, I'd suggest another fascinating book called 'The Ever-Transcending Spirit' by Toru Sato. It's a bit of a longer read but definitely worth it if you are truly interested in the pursuit of happiness.

Well worth an hour...

I read the book sitting in a recliner rocker at Costco while my wife was shopping. It took about 55 min. from cover to cover. It's somwwhat like a car wreck. Everyone slows down to look... some pull off to the side of the road and look some more... but everyone is glad it didn't happen to them and they weren't involved. I'm glad I didn't spend ten bucks to buy it but I'm glad I read it !!!

Unlike one of the other reviewers, I wouldn't buy multiple copies and give them to my kids. I'd tell them to go shopping at Costco and look for a comfortable recliner. Just one view...

"The Present" Disappointing

I have previously read and enjoyed "Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson, so I was anxious to read his book entitled "The Present". Unfortunately, I was very disappointed. He seemed to take one simple thought-"Just Enjoy Today"-and stretch it into a book, albeit a very quick read. I did not feel the content was inciteful or useful beyond the one simple statement made above, which we've all heard before. Anyone can quote a concept, but few people can make the concept workable. Johnson leaves out the "how" part of living in The Present by giving example after example of how everything will just be wonderful if we would just worry about today. Maybe I'm one of those people he mentions in his book...maybe I just didn't "get it".