The Meaning of Life by Bradley Trevor Greive is a book parents should read to their kids and adults should read periodically for a little self-reflection to make sure you are heading on the right path. It's a 121 page picture book filled with vivid photographs of animals in various poses that perfectly reflect the meaning of the phrases and short sentences situated on each age.
Greive urges these things:
1) Be true to yourself.
2) Go after your OWN dreams, not your parents' or society's.
3) Do not conform.
4) Have faith in yourself and your abilities.
5) Don't waste the precious little time we have on Earth stuck in a miserable job, relationship, location, etc.
6) BE HAPPY.
It sits on display in my house, and I pick it up from time to time to check in with myself that I AM happy and am following my dreams. Also, you can't help but chuckle seeing a laughing hyena, tiny dog in a measuring cup, and a cat that appears to be drunk on vodka.
Happy reading!