The Importance of LivingGaily serious, profoundly naive, cynically kind, shot through with a sense of comedy and backed by science, as well as by the thoughts of the Chinese sages of many centuries, The Importance of Living brings forth the salt and flavor and tang of life Vivid passages deal with the arts of loafing, of conversation, of smoking, of travel, of enjoying food, of reading, of appreciating nature, with the creative impulse, and above all, the importance of all