Live and Learn and Pass It on: People Ages 5 to 95 Share What They'Ve Discovered About Life, Love, and Other Good Stuff

On the morning of my fifty-first birthday, writes author H. Jackson Brown, 'I thought it would be interesting and maybe even enlightening to jot down a few things more than half a century of living had taught me.' Soon he had accumulated quite a list. When a friend said he would contribute a few ideas of his own, Jackson decided to invite other friends and acquaintances -- from kindergarten kids and teenagers to senior citizens -- to join the effort.