You could read this book in an hour.

Don't.

I read it and annotated it deeply, thinking about each page. I wrote questions and explanations and thoughts to my husband to give this book to him as a gift. I hope that he will do the same for me. I think we can grow more deeply together through an exploration of the thoughts and practices in this book.

If I am ever privileged to do premarital counseling I believe this book will be a part of that process. It is heavily influenced by Buddhist teachings and I think that the practices and truths are all the more beautiful and real for that. There is much we Christians can learn of love from people who understand the impermanence of all things.