I May Be Wrong: And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk by Bjōrn Natthiko Lindeblad

BATB score: 10/10 🧘‍♀️ 🧘‍♂️ 🧘

Best to: a very approachable sharing of monk spirituality and life wisdom that will make you think

Best as: an introduction to monkshood for the corporate rats written in a friendly mood and tone for the average joe

Best for: you know how other spiritual book can be very wordy, redundant, and boring? This book is legit good not sleepy 💯

BATB lingering thought: what would have to be the key trigger for me to quit my corporate job, my high climb of the corporate ladder, and my capitalistic gains to become a forest monk? 🤔

Best quotes: “It’s so easy to become hung up on appearing clever and impressive that we forget just how far sincerity can take us.”

“The rational mind is a servant. The intuitive mind is a sacred gift. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”

“If you want someone to be easy to deal with, to behave in a way you find tolerable, there’s really only one way: learn to like them exactly as they are.”

“The more refined forms of happiness are characterized by the absence of things, rather than the presence of things.”

“Chaos may rattle you, but order can kill you.”

“Trust life. Don’t forget to leave room for miracles.”

“The world is not as it is. The world is as you are. So be what you want to see in it.”