The Book of Delights
by Ross Gay
A poet writes a short essay about something delightful every day for a year: a praying mantis, a stranger's kindness, carrying a tomato seedling on a plane. It is funny, tender and attentive, and it demonstrates that delight is a practice of noticing that anyone can adopt.
Read it if…
you want to notice more joy and would like to see it done by a master.
Skip it if…
you want a how-to; it is the thing itself.
Three things you will actually use
- Delight is everywhere once you look.
- Noticing is a daily practice.
- Sharing delight multiplies it.
Do this first
Write one delight a day for a week, briefly, by hand.
Our verdict
Funny, tender, contagious.
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