What Do You Think? The 100 Best Columns of Darrell Sifford

Darrell Sifford was an enduring and beloved columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1976 to 1992, the year of his tragic drowning death while on vacation in Belize. He was planning this book at the time, and wanted it to be a collection of his and his readers’ favorite columns. They have near universal appeal, are timeless in their message and provide something of substance and value to readers: inspiration, stimulation, insight, a catalyst, comfort, hope, guidance, courage, food for thought. In short, they are windows to life’s realities and life’s possibilities. To those who have read Darrel Sifford’s work over the years, this book will feel like the presence of an old friend - warm, comforting, authentic, enriching, sometimes funny and healing in the same way that good memories can heal. For readers who may be discovering his work for the first time, it will stimulate your thinking, open new windows to the child within, provide breakthroughs to outdated or unhelpful ways of thinking. It will inspire or nurture that part in each of us that attempts to live a meaningful life, to know and love and accept ourselves, to say and do now the things we want to say and do with the people who are important to us. For all of us, it provides a mirror to help us reflect on and examine our own life experiences.