The Road Less Travelled - M. Sott Peck

'Life is difficult.' True. Not only the opening sentence , but the whole book deals with the bitter truths about life , love , reality , religion , relationship , parenting , miracles and grace. The road lighted by Dr. Scott Penn is a less travelled one. This self-help road is dedicated to discipline and love. According to him , discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve problems and love provides the motive and energy for discipline. He defines love as 'the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth'. The book offers a very rare and open discussion on the mystery-love.


The root cause of most of our problems lie in our childhood. A psychologist's job seems to rub off those stains and scars. The past is reparable. What about preventive measures? Give your children a stainless and happy childhood. And the best way to spend quality time with your children is to play with them. Hmmm...




 Dr.Peck attributes original sin as entropy , caused by fear and laziness , which prevent us from attaining godhood. So , scared and lazy to question or converse with God , Eve & Adam take the short cut and land on the Earth. This theory looks good.  The bad news is that we still follow their footsteps and walk farther away from the Garden of Eden and God. Ha !

This is the most simple , useful  and motivational book I've ever read written by a psychiatrist. The chapter on miracles and grace is an eye-opener. It inspires me to read Carl Jung and the new developments in Psychology. To the shock of my life ,  I discovered that I suffer from schizophrenia , addictive personality and passive dependent personality disorder !! Hey , who is the best shrink in town?