A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life is the newest book from author/speaker/Mentoring Project founder Donald Miller. We’ve all been there. You have a mountaintop experience. You are on a high. Then, emotionally/physically/spiritually you bottom out. You get stuck in a rut. So it was with Donald Miller following the success of Blue Like Jazz.
Although successful, the wheels of his life were spinning.
Although he should have been excited by the speaking engagements and his newfound notoriety- his life seemed relatively boring and devoid of meaning.
It was during this period of existential angst that Donald Miller had the incredible opportunity to edit his book with the hope of making it into a movie. What began as a literary project became an incredible opportunity to think about the story that his life was telling. The book chronicles the discoveries, both painful and humorous, that he makes as he in essence edits his life and begins to craft a new, more meaningful story.
The most beautiful aspect of the book, however, was how throughout there was a sense that you were being invited into the editing process. As the reader you were invited to watch as Donald edited his life, and at the same time you were invited to edit your own.
This was easily the best book that I have read this year. It avoided the self-help tone that so many Christian books now have. It staved off the sloppy sentimentality that a book such as this can often be characterized by. The writing was excellent. The stories had the appropriate balance of sentimentality, humor, and angst.
Go buy this book and sit down for an enjoyable and possibly life-changing read! Highly recommended!
