Yes, I have found another book to love and author to admire: Take Me With You by Brad Newsham, copyright 2000, published by Travelers' Tales (Dewey 910.4)
The sub-title is "a round-the-world journey to invite a stranger home". For me it's a can't-put-it-down travel book. The quote on the front cover of my copy is so true for me: " Newsham brings back treasures that every wanderer might envy. His journey, at heart, is into humanity."
The first night of reading I didn't get to sleep as early as I'd planned. I kept feeling I had to write down quotes or observations. Here's some of those:
- It is best to say what is in your heart.
- When you meet a stranger ask yourself, what miracle might our meeting produce?
- I would like to talk with you further, but my thoughts have gone elsewhere.
The author asks many of the people he meets this question: "What's the best thing that's happened to you?" and "What's the worst." I found this thought provoking and a good way to get to know someone faster than usual.
At the beginning of each chapter, Brad has a quote. These are always apt but this one of Henry Miller's really got to me: "We move with eyes shut and ears stopped. We smash walls where doors are waiting to open to the touch; we grope for ladders, forgetting that we have wings; we pray as if God were dead and blind, as if He were in space. No wonder the angels in our midst are unrecognizable."
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