Tiny Truth #8

For your summer pleasure, I have an intriguing book and movie combo meal.

If you’re feeling the need for a little distraction from the world, I have just the thing: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle. I laughed, I cried… I started discussing the nature of time and fate with Andrew.

On the surface, the book asks: can you change your future? At a deeper level, the question becomes can you even understand your future with the information you have in your present?

Which all sounds like something you’d ponder in a philosophy class. But, unlike Heidegger, this novel is light, clean, and oh-so-readable. It’s a “best friends” story… with a twist.

As I was enthusing about the book’s fresh take on the old conundrum of predicting the future (which I desperately want to discuss with you in the comments once you’ve read!), Andrew noted that it sounded a bit like the classic Tom Cruise movie Minority Report. So we queued that up one evening… which led to a comparative discussion of the book and movie’s commentary on inevitability.

Is it really possible to predict the future?

Read and watch to explore two slightly different approaches to the same topic. This is definitely richer as a combo meal. And may I recommend a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food for dessert?

Go read and watch—I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

P.S. Thanks for all the well wishes last week. I’m still recovering, which has been a great excuse to dive into The Fair Botanists, a novel I picked up in Edinburgh which takes place in the same city. If you love a well written botanical novel or want to learn more about the history of Edinburgh, add this one to your TBR list!

Allow Letting Magic In to be your invitation to rediscover wonder, deepen your connection to the world around you, and awaken the magic that’s already within—grab your copy today and begin your own journey of becoming!