What book has had the greatest impact on your life philosophy?
As I put More Than Money down, having finished reading it, pondering my life choices past, present, and future I am left with this question: is there a piece of literature that has affected the way that I feel about the world? Oddly enough, and without thinking, I realize that I do have such a book. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (no really!) has taught me a great many things. My favorite lesson equates to the two words that are printed in a most friendly manner on the back cover, “Don’t Panic.” With all of the travelling I have done, I was able to identify with this book’s story: the plight of the poor Arthur Dent, the quick wit of Ford Prefect, and the many zany characters in which they encounter reducing the galaxy down to a most silly scale. Despite all the loss, there is discovery, not of the meaning of life, which consequently is 42, but that of the journey and the humanoids that consequently accompanies you for it. There is the discovery of love, friendship, and consequence culminating in a friendly lunch at the end of the universe.
This is my life philosophy compacted down into a tiny nutshell if I had to pick one. In a world where nothing else matters but my ability to see it and live it along with my trusty travel towel and hitchhiker’s guide, there is no better way.
"This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy."
-Douglas Adams
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