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The book was a collection of poems and prayers from McConaughey's teenage years, and it was praised for its thoughtful, reflective tone. Listeners said it made them stop and consider their own life philosophy.
Matthew McConaughey is an American actor and an Academy Award-winning one at that. He's also a bestselling author. He's a husband, he's a proud dad, and he's a deep thinker who is out with a new book...
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The book was a collection of poems and prayers from McConaughey's teenage years, and it was praised for its thoughtful, reflective tone. Listeners said it made them stop and consider their own life philosophy.
Matthew McConaughey is an American actor and an Academy Award-winning one at that. He's also a bestselling author. He's a husband, he's a proud dad, and he's a deep thinker who is out with a new book in which he shares decades of reflections. Poems and Prayers is the name of it, and it's out right now.
I love the book. I thought it was so thoughtful. It made me stop, reflect, and be more thoughtful about everything from faith to my own life philosophy in terms of getting after it or downshifting into a lower gear.
Well, I'm not surprised to hear that you were a writer because when I read poems and prayers, it was obvious, you know, and the thing that's special about the book is that it's a collection of poems and prayers from back when you were a teenager.
When I went back and saw the earlier ones I was like, oh, good gosh, the shame, the guilt... and then after a while I started to chuckle at those things. That's why I added this point in the book, which isn't a bad point, but it's a very selfserious point of an 18yearold boy asking some big existential questions.
Covet nothing but your superior self. Seek transformation over transaction. Individuality over conformity. Recognize your inadequacies. Then make one step at a time in the right direction and endure. It will be harder than you think because your long road has no arrival until you die.