The Gravelyn Journal by Jim Gravelyn
January 2022
Call it a “how-to” book for life. The Gravelyn Journal: Conclusions about the Universe is a short (10,000 words) book of philosophy and advice for living one’s life from a regular American guy, written in his declining years as the awareness of mortality begins to intrude. The central premise of the book is that distinguishing good and evil clearly is the most important tool a person can have for living a worthwhile, successful, happy life; and in five core chapters the methods for achieving this discernment are described.
Thoroughly saturated by signs of his faith in God, this book is one man’s attempt to share the wisdom he has gleaned from an ordinary life in ordinary times, with the (arguably vain, arrogant, narcissistic) hope that the world, and especially his children and grandchildren, can benefit by his words.
And the suggestion is made—as justification if justification is required—that in a digital age with self-publishing available to all, perhaps we should all share what we have learned before we leave.
Thoroughly saturated by signs of his faith in God, this book is one man’s attempt to share the wisdom he has gleaned from an ordinary life in ordinary times, with the (arguably vain, arrogant, narcissistic) hope that the world, and especially his children and grandchildren, can benefit by his words.
And the suggestion is made—as justification if justification is required—that in a digital age with self-publishing available to all, perhaps we should all share what we have learned before we leave.