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Summary: Find Fulfillment Here
Review: The famous Jesuit priest Anthony De Mello once asked a group to examine the feelings aroused within them as they contemplated a rose or a sunset. He then asked them to contrast this feeling with what was aroused within them by the praise and recognition of man. In True Coming of Age, Dr. John Chirban confronts his readers with much the same question-except now it's a challenge, and the answer is in the form of a path that opens wider and wider as one reads on. In this book he shows us how to live a skillful life meaningfully in the quest of a true measure of fulfillment. Having occasionally ceased to understand what happiness even means, through the combined factors of status anxiety and ego pursuits, Dr. Chirban's book returned me to a very centered place. I was able to re-understand-and become much more comfortable---with choosing an authentic life as my measure for satisfaction.
He teaches that personal growth cannot be "achieved" "defined" or "measured" in conventional ways, and he does so by deconstructing the bewildering distractions that keep us outside of our human center. Using examples from pop culture as well as his extensive training in theology and philosophy and psychology, Dr. Chirban's book is a recipe for reflection and understanding that will change your life if you let it.
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