The Road Less Traveled

I read and appreciated this book 20 or 30 years ago and when I saw the cover looked forward to reading it again. I don't think it has aged well. It feels like it becomes to a bygone age of slightly preachy people who know more answers than questions. Best part is section on discipline.

Love the way the author illustrated many of his points using stories that he had encountered during his experience as a professional psychiatrist/psychotherapist for many years.

The book opened with a bang, highlighting many of the wonderful things about a human mind, the discipline required to wield that power, the butterfly effects that life brings to you when you take one too many actions mindlessly.

The 2nd section is mostly about love – the definition, different kinds of love, the action of love, the sacrifices, the risks involved, the mistakes that are made and the whole mystery of it.

Section 3 dealt with stories about religion and in section 4, the author argued that our unconscious mind is where God resides and through spiritual growth we must attain the power that be.

The author lost three stars from my review of this book at the ending. Although some of the points that he had made in these sections are pure gold, by refusing to keep the narrative secular, I had a lot of trouble getting through to the underlying message.

In fairness, written in the 70s, the book must have been intended for a completely different audience that didn't include me. So, I'm giving it 3/5.