Review of Everything Must Go (1996) by Andrew O — 16 May 2015

I've always felt a kinship for people like Nick-downtrodden, abandoned, and with nothing left to lose. The kind of person, albeit as a product of necessity, takes the time to slow down, re-evaluate his life, and stop taking it for granted.

Unfortunately, we rarely have the opportunity to do something like that. The speed with which we're forced to move, and the ambition we're forced to wield generally negates self-reflection. But when your life is turned inside out, you stop.

Just stop for a moment. Maybe we all need to lose everything at least once in our life in order to appreciate life, or what truly matters in life and ultimately, what does not. It'd be good for us, not to mention easier than braving change once we've settled into comfortable oblivion.