Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less Book

This one is en route to my mailbox. I am expecting from the reviews that it will not be a book on how to organize the utensil drawer--certainly that is not what I was looking for. I s'pose what I am seeking are tidbits that say it is ok to go along at own pace--what are we rushing toward?

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote that we should learn to content ourselves with being in suspense and incomplete--that we should, in other words, respect our path. Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves and go straight to the conclusions for which we are not truly prepared. It can be hard and full of self-reproach to rein the self in, breathe, and try again. Still, such fits and starts do not make us liars--they just reflect that we are human and imperfect and worthy of grace and forgiveness just like any other person is. It takes compassion to recognize where another person is on his or her path, and to respect that person. It takes strength to slow down, cook the rice all the way, and be true to oneself.

It is not comfort I seek, but living authentically. In that effort, I become a better person for myself and for any relationship.

Om mani padme hum--what more perfect chant is there? There are no perfect people, but there are perfect aspirations. I will stay on the path.

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Now reading it and it is not so much as all the above.... It is, uh, LESS? But still a pearl and maybe even a primer on Buddhist thought. I hope I can get from 100+ pages what this fella learned from 10 years in a Zen monastery. Or at least a sliver of somethin'.