This 352-page gift book is filled with lessons, inspiration, wisdom, humor, instruction and advice from poets (William Blake, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Rumi), novelists (Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller), comedians (George Carlin, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby), and letter writers (Anne Frank, Ann Morrow Lindbergh, F. Scott Fitzgerald). There are also some excellent graduation speeches (Maya Angelou, Ken Burns, Carl Sagan), and twelve songs (Billy Hill's "The Glory of Love," "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens, John Lennon and Paul McCartney's "Black Bird"). Also stuffed into this treasure trove are essays, eight activity spreads (keeping a dream journal, practicing Feng Shui), and over 30 quotations. The book is illustrated with 120 full color illustrations and 150 line illustrations. One of the benefits of The Little Big Book of Life is that it encourages us to consider what we would put in our own private book of inspiration and renewal.