Dear son,
As I write this page, you are sleeping comfortably inside your mother’s belly. Soon you will enter this wonderful but at times crazy world. Ever since we found out about your existence, I have been thinking about what I, as your father, can provide you that will stay with you for your whole life, long after I am gone. I decided on this book. It is a brief book attempted by a common man to spread his simple, commonsense, everyday wisdom. There lies certain wisdom in every aspect of experiencing life, and everyone living on this earth has encountered it. Whether they look it in the face is a different matter.
This book is full of my honest views on factors of human existence, such as people, relationships, business, life’s purpose, emotions, fear, love, greed, and more. It is divided into ten chapters, but to understand the message, you have to collectively understand the whole as one; they are not ten separate messages but rather one message explained from ten perspectives. My hope is that by gaining this knowledge, you will find it easier to navigate your journey.
My earnest intention is to discuss the truth and only the truth, nothing else. It is to offer you a blueprint from which you may know yourself better and, consequently, know the world better. In these pages, there exists a clear filter through which to see the world, truly see the world, and yourself in it, belonging to it and within it in a way that serves your highest joy and purpose. I do not expect that you would understand all of the concepts in a single reading. As you reread these concepts throughout different stages of your life, the wisdom will continue to unfold for you. I strongly recommend and desire that you read it every year on your birthday, refreshing your mind on the lessons learned here and cross-checking them with the actual reality of your life. Another important tip: do not pick up this book as a bedtime read. I repeat, please do not read it as a source of intellectual entertainment.
If you seriously want to understand its contents in the spirit they are written, read this book early in the morning while the entire world around you is sleeping (which is exactly the way I wrote it). Read it in the sweet solitude of your own company, calm and undisturbed by the voices and chaos of the external world. I am confident that by doing so, you will grasp what I want to communicate to you.
Boy, welcome to the world! And now, let’s begin this journey!
Much love,
Your father