"Life is difficult."

The quote I used from M. Scott Peck's "The Road Less Traveled" came from a friend of mine whom I was on the phone with while updating my blog. Yesterday, after rummaging around Facebook out of boredom, I stumbled across the page of another friend of mine with a very inspiring quote.

"Only a relative and fortunate few continue until the moment of death exploring the mystery of reality, ever enlarging and refining and redefining their understanding of the world and what is true."

Being the nerd that I am, I Googled the quote and it turns out to be from the same book. After Googling it, I looked it up on Chapters to see if any of the locations relatively near me had any copies. Needless to say, I now have a new book added to my library.

I've only begun reading it, and will probably finish it tonight (even though I should really be studying for my Elements of Law exam this coming Saturday). The first twenty five pages have already been such eye-openers that I'm already looking forward to the rest of the book. It's definitely something to check out.

"Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twenty-three languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times bestseller list.

Now, with a new Introduction by the author, written especially for this twenty-fifth anniversary deluxe trade paperback edition of the all-time national bestseller in its field, M. Scott Peck explains the ideas that shaped this book and that continue to influence an ever-growing audience of readers.

Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one's own true self.

Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, "Life is difficult" and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding."