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In Words I Wish I Wrote, Robert Fulghum reveals the works
of writers who have inspired him. During the past four decades he's
reviewed and revised the basic principles of his philosophy many
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In Words I Wish I Wrote, Robert Fulghum reveals the works of
writers who have inspired him. During the past four decades he's
reviewed and revised the basic principles of his philosophy many
times, sometimes as an exercise in personal growth, but more often
in response to individual crisis. Then at fifty, seeking a
simplicity to counter the complex thinking of his college years,
Fulghum wrote a summary essay professing that all he really needed
to know he learned in kindergarten. As he approached his sixtieth
year, Fulghum became curious about what in his outlook had changed
and what had endured.On review, Fulghum explains, everything he has
ever said and thought and written is transparent to him now. As
hard as he has tried to speak in his own voice, much of what he's
said is neither original nor unique. The best ideas are often old
and are continually being revived, recycled, renewed. Wherever his
search took him, Fulghum found that someone else has been there
before. And more often than not, that person has chosen words
Fulghum wishes he had written, using language he can't improve
upon. To Fulghum, however, this isn't a discouraging realization.
It's a recognition of companionship, which is an affirming
consolation.The confirming statements, quotes, and credos that
Fulghum recorded in his journals for years are collected here,
representing the most important ideas underlying his living and
thinking. They are organized thematically into such chapters as
Companions, God, Bene-Dictions, Contra-Dictions, Simplify, and
Believe. Each begins with Fulghum's own insightful, introductory
words, followed by inspiring passages drawn from a diverse group of
sources, from Jerry Garcia toAlbert Camus, Dylan Thomas to Franz
Kafka. At the end of each chapter, Fulghum offers readers his own
personal commentary on the sources -- where he was introduced to
their words, why he returns to them again and again, and how they
may change you.
