Not especially profound or substantial, but sweet for what it is

Motivated me to get more regular with my meditation practice 

Self help books are not for me. But this was a gift, so I did read it. It was alright.
The book says that it's supposed to be a "messy" collection of thoughts, quotes, and other short writings that brought the author comfort, so I won't knock it too hard for not being something it never tried to be, but it fell flat for me. The metaphors in this were clunky and not very refined, and many of the quotes he presented seemed less resonant than they might have been in context.
It feels to me that, when it came to publishing what would become this book, there could have been an opportunity to reflect on and explore why these thoughts brought comfort to him, rather than just collecting them. As it is, it falls into the trap that seems characteristic of self help books to me, that is in trying to make it as broadly applicable as possible the author's specific experience is watered down so that the advice becomes simplistic and repetive. I don't expect everyone to feel comfortable publishing a deep exploration of their struggle with mental health, but this book felt like a missed opportunity. Considering this, as well as the fact that I knew I didn't like the genre, I won't give this book a rating, since that seems unfair. 

This doesn't affect my star rating, but the audio quality on the audiobook version of this is not great. It sounds like it was recorded in a big open space and has an almost echo-y quality to it.

While there is a lot of great insight and comforting observations/affirmations in this book, it also felt very superficial in a lot of ways. A few chapters went a little deeper into the author's actual mental health struggles, and those chapters were the most interesting and meaningful. The rest of the book felt like I was reading inspiration Instagram posts—not inherently a bad thing, but you have space in a book to go deeper, and I think it's a missed opportunity that he didn't.

 This book is a collection of little snippets of life. They sometimes feel like a warm hug or a good advise from a friend. Some chapters are just some quotes, others are filled with random facts about this world, which made me appreciate this planet a little more. 
My favourite chapter was "Rain" and I actually want to rip out this page and frame it. 
It was my third book by the author and I love his writing and view on life. It is definitely a book I'll pick up again when I'm in need of it. Just browsing through the pages, reminding myself that I am not the rain. 

This book provides hope and wisdom through a variety of quotes, anecdotes, stories, maxims and insights that Haig writes poetically in a minimalistic style. Deeply meditative and memorable although starts to get a bit repetitive and reiterative of the same few messages - so don't rush reading it. Definitely a book worth revisiting and reading slowly to take in all the important and validating messages.