Book companion

What stayed with you?

Start from the thought rather than the chapter number. Each of these leads back to where it came from in the book, and to a small number of places where you can look at it in your own life.

• Success, and whose definition it isWho told you this was success?
• What you inheritedThe life you inherited
• The person you becameThe person you became
• What is actually true nowWhat is actually true?
• What is already goodThe good bit
• WorkThe branch in front of you
• Enough, money and timeEnough
• Love and the people around youOther people’s trees
• FamilyThe life you are handing on
• What you are protectingWhat are you protecting?
• Your TreeThe tree
• Change, loss and new growthDamage, pruning and recovery
• An alternative you have made unthinkableThe things we make unthinkable
• A decision you cannot makeChoice without certainty
• What you want to leave behindWhat will be left?