A review by sham1ka_
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

everyone and their mother seemed to love this book…

but i read it for so long that no message had solidified in my mind. I don’t think this helped me push through my tough times in the past year but, for what it’s worth, chapter 18 was profoundly written. The book won’t give you specific steps to overcome your difficult times, it just puts into words some aspects of our being human that we don’t think about as much or as deeply. If anything this is an advertisement for Buddhism, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.