M Scott Peck dies

I just found out today that M Scott Peck died at the end of September. He was 69. There is a full obituary in the Telegraph, a UK paper, which ends rather grudglingly and rudely in my view. Scott Peck wrote some fantastic books – to comment on his inability to write great songs seems like a mean-spirited sort of comment to me.

I read ‘The Road Less Travelled‘ in the early 90s and was hugely influenced by it. The beginning ‘Life is difficult’ must be one of those great one-liners that helps with the process of growing up. It sits alongside ‘life isn’t meant to be fair’ as one of those things that moved me forward in life.

I read several of his other books too – ‘The Different Drum‘ is a wonderful book about building communities. My favourite book is ‘In Search of Stones: A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason and Discovery’ which describes a journey which he made through Britain looking at ancient sites with standing stones. It’s a spiritual read, and an enjoyable one too.

I was sad to hear that Scott Peck had left this life.

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