What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life by James Hollis, Ph.D. 
On Friday, October 16th James Hollis was in Vancouver lecturing for the Jung Society. He has great questions; the kind that lead you deeper and expand your thinking. He began by telling us that reclaiming personal authority was the task of the second half of life and went on to ask, “What’s your philosophy of discrepancy?”
By that I took him to mean, how do you explain the differences? The differences between where you are and where you thought you’d be? The differences between what happens and what you expected? The differences between what you wanted and what you have? He went on to talk about the importance of self-acceptance and the challenge of finding a way to continue to open to your life so that you can keep your appointment with destiny.
The large audience at Christ Church Cathedral was rapt and involved. A group of us showed up at the Museum of Vancouver the following day to hear more and came away with a better understanding of the importance myth and the need to get to the heart of the archetypal stories that come into play in our daily lives. A considered life brings layers of richness and resonance so that, in the end, our home is our journey and the journey becomes our home.
If you weren’t able to be there, his book covers the material he spoke to in the lectures. It will give you lots to ponder.
