The very first book I have read in 2012 (in fact,I was reading it during New Year's Evening) was "Care of the Soul" by Thomas Moore. No,it's not Thomas Moore that got beheaded on orders by Henry VIII but the new one. I wanted this book for some time already, since it as always mentioned in the same breath with my one of my all-time favorite psychology writers James Hillman - apparently they know each other very well and Moore often mentioned Hillman as his mentor. Finally I found this book when I browsed second-hand bookshop in Amsterdam and was very happy to finally put my hands on it - however,its close to Hillman but not as thunder-and-lightning for me : there are some interesting ideas thrown in there,mostly about accepting one's life without making a big fuss about changing something - Moore comes across as gentle and wise man who likes to reflect and prefers to think & meditate than to make drastic changes - I liked some ideas,like that our profession chooses us as much as we choose our profession and that depression is perhaps welcome as it forces a person to stand back and reflect. For almost everything Moore suggest thinking about it and reflecting on it - here the problem lies because most of us live our lives in a hurry and often we have hardly time to rest,not to mention reflect. My working life right now is such frantic 7 days a week rush that I have hard time finding time to keep hygiene & laundry in order,not to mention sitting back and reflecting on the day behind me.After midnight, I have just enough energy to smoke a cigarette and fall in a coma,than next morning all over again. I perfectly understand Moore and liked some of the things he writes about , still this book needs to be re-read some other time when I am in different frame of mind. If nothing else,it reminded me what a life I live & that I have no time to meditate on it.
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