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How to Be Okay With Everything
Including Yourself and What Bothers You Most
I have a confession to make. In 1983, shortly after graduating from college, I borrowed one of my favorite books from the library. Like most self-help books, I found immediate value and began applying the lessons learned.
But by the time I finished the book, which was several weeks, life had happened, and I found myself moving from the East to the West Coast for my first "real job" after graduating college the same year.
Unfortunately, I forgot to return the book and ended up keeping it. Any decent recovering altar boy like me would feel guilty as hell for stealing a great book from the local library.
Stealing a book bothered me. I keep bothering myself with, "How lame! You stole a psychology book from the library. Great job for a common criminal."
I had the answer to my dilemma in my hands. The good news is that Thomas Harris's "I'm Okay, You're Okay" shows us how to be okay with everything, including ourselves. It's been one of the most helpful books I've ever stolen—the only one.
