In the great tradition of Platonic dialogues, the author, in his very first literary work, demonstrates surprisingly mature approach to the great questions haunting the human mind since the dawn of philosophy: the finiteness of human lives; individual's struggle with the forces of socialization; inter-generational relations; and the limits of human perceptions. Each of the dialogues in this book, between the author's adolescent and mature selves, is concluded with a thought-provoking question addressed to the readers.
Most of my patients never return after their first session.
I guess it’s hard for them to accept the way I peacefully accept the fact they are nothing
more than random sperm in the galaxy.
When I confront them with questions such as:
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What happens after we die?
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Have you ever noticed you don’t have one unique thought of your own?
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How does it make you feel that no one would have noticed if you weren’t born?
They run away.
Not everyone.
A handful of brave ones stay. For a long time.
They go through a journey, at the end of which they can accept life for what it is, they
can observe the big questions despite their anxiety, and question preexisting prisms, and
even think creatively and playfully about their lives.
I’ve compiled into this book 10 central topics, and in the end, if you possess enough
courage and humor, you might restore your own control of your life, and live to the
fullest. Since, after all
“there is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn” - Albert Camus
Its my first feature story!
Review from amazon:
"Daniel wants deeply to provoke you to think. To consider your existence. To be your authentic self. To be more than just born. He refers to his thoughts, his memories, his imagination, as paintings offering him solace or despair that permeate through his body. An awareness that the colors within him are “melancholic and dark, like dying flowers” seeping out into the expressions across his face. . . “I’ve always been a version of myself, a changing range of colors.” Daniel speaks to the experience of memory, how “the gentle routes in the paintings of her eyes,” were staring back at him as he walks through the streets “with such an intense longing” for her that he noticed himself searching for her “familiar gaze” in the faces of strangers. A perpetual reminder that she is no longer here. This is an absolute must read! A classic Existential novel of our time!
“My soul dwells in the cellars of longing for my old love. My soul is obsessed with doubts in the face of times that no longer exist. My defeat has become a house of meaning on which existential anxiety is painted in endless shades. It suddenly seems to me that I’ve turned sadness into a masterpiece that only I witness. Is this melancholy not but narcissism pulsating within me out of self-wallowing that knows no bounds? he asked the jury of his soul’s trial.”
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"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢"
is a philosophical and spiritual work that explores the nature of consciousness and human compassion, inviting readers on a fascinating journey where football is merely the starting point.
