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Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Nowby Gordon LivingstonThe gentle, even-keeled warmth of Livingstons prose distinguishes this book of 30 inspirational truths. A psychiatrist familiar with trauma from both his practice and his life (in one 13-month period, he lost one son to leukemia and another to suicide), Livingston offers the kind of wisdom that feels simultaneously commonsensical and revelatory: We are what we do, The perfect is the enemy of the good, The major advantage of illness is relief from responsibility. He intersperses counsel with personal experience, and tackles topics both joyful and deeply painful. In the chapter focusing on We are what we do, he notes that the three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to, and he reminds us that love is demonstrated behaviorally - that is, actions count more than words. In his discussion of Happiness is the greatest risk, he considers how our fear
