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Is this book right for you? On the surface it's a short musical book that explores 5 philosophical thoughts. Imagine, then, that this is a painting hanging in a gallery, one you have seen before, and you are about to spend 20 minutes looking at in a new way.

The visual arts teach us to look for the image behind the image—not the tree without leaves—but the cutout left after the foreground is removed. I think that life’s key secrets are hidden from our minds in this way. All You'll Never Be: Because of Who You Are looks at reality through this reversed perspective, seeking to understand the backgrounds that often shadow our lives.

For the Audible edition, I wrote short musical melodies. For the Kindle and print editions, I created illustrations on every page. Both the songs and pictures aim to remind us of the "vital importance of being" light-hearted when we are most "earnest". (I'm borrowing from one of my favorite writers, Oscar Wilde, as you have guessed, I'm sure.)

I hope you choose to look at your reflection anew. It is a vital question relevant to every human: Am I seeing a transposed image when I contemplate my myself in the mirror of my aspirations and dreams?

Thank you for reading and listening,

E. L. Neve