Lighter: Let Go of the Past Connect with the Present Expand the Future by Yúng Pueblo

BATB score: 3/10 🫥

*reader discretion advised* Yung Pueblo’s way of writing is like a bunch of standalone bullet points formatted in paragraphs - statements after statements thrown at you - urgh

Best to: it’s like you wrote this book for yourself

Best as: the premise of the whole book could have been an e-mail

Best for: this book titled “lighter” actually made me feel “heavier”

BATB trying to be nice: okay, I do like the short poems (but those could have been an e-card)

Best quotes: “Even with the truth of suffering, once we let go of our craving for things to always be exciting, peaceful, and good, we give ourselves a greater amount of flexibility that will keep us from feeling so much mental pain when life gets tough.”

“If the pain is deep, you will have to let it go many times.”

“Love shines brightest when it is shared in the present moment.”

“Help people when you can without becoming attached to being a helper; it is not your job to save everyone.”

“The only way loneliness will ever end is if you are no longer far away from yourself.”