The Gift of Belonging: Finding The Back Roads Home - Perfect for Road Trips, Travel Adventures & Heartwarming Gifts

Bradley Gustafson’s Nebraska roots stand out like cornstalks along the back roads of this enchanting collection of reflections on the rich panoply of everyday life. His back roads are replete with 52 pithy accounts of discovering meaning through life’s inevitable vicissitudes that punctuate the tedium of daily living. The author’s focus on the monotonies of everyday life is noteworthy because we tend to become inured—if not indifferent—to the minutiae that surround us. Wm. Blake’s “Auguries of Innocence” expresses the gist of Gustafson’s quest, namely, to “see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower.” This slim volume invites intrepid pilgrims to find meaning in the humdrum endeavors of daily living simply by opening the eyes of their hearts to everyday miracles. Each of his brief stories is charged with truths that connect us with our past, bind us to the present, and point us toward a hopeful future.