“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” Can you please suggest a book about someone overcoming obstacles or facing setback after setback? Can be fiction or nonfiction. I’m going through it right now. 🫠
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Viktor Frankl, “Man’s Search for Meaning”. I read that every time I feel sad, overwhelmed, despairing etc.
The subtle art of not giving a fu*k by mark manson
Think straight by darius foroux
What category of life is kicking your ass? Work? Relationships? Mental health?
Rising Strong
Gifts of Imperfection
Children of Hurin, if you like Tolkien. Very much setback after setback, and the dots of his past definitely connect in Turin Turambar’s future. Some of Tolkien’s best writing, that so few people even know exists
“The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.
Historical-fiction about Theseus, son of Poseidon, as a mere man—as if it were the earthly events of his life which would eventually grow into myth. While I cannot recommend her enough, this is one of my personal favorites.
*At the sight of all their eyes, memories came back to me. “Gods’ sons fear nothing,” I thought. “Now they will know, one way or the other.” And though within me was all dark and crying, yet my foot stepped forward.*
My contrarian pick would be to ask have you read American Psycho? It is pure narcissism, eccentricity and banality. Might give you a different perspective when you read about someone who is truly losing his mind but there is no catharsis.
Echoes of An Angel
Siddartha and Narziss und Goldmund by Herman Hesse
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
Just finished {{The Martian by Andy Weir}} …