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Jamai Wray writes from the heart and soul as he takes the reader on a journey full of random thoughts on the nature of being, stories of life's struggles and shortcomings, insightful poems, and short quotes. The author covers a span of thirteen years of material, and each short piece can serve as a way to ponder life and its many challenges and triumphs. Through exceptionally good writing, Wray talks mostly about his life, his love of writing, and his struggles to make something out of himself in the world, despite the many curves that the universe threw in his path. Each story has the author's age and date below the title, to illustrate when he was going through this particular trial. Wray calls himself a man "who is looking for his way through words," and readers will have no problem relating to his many experiences, which made him a better writer and a better man in general.
This is a good book for those who want to better themselves and their lives and also for those who enjoy reading about overcoming life' many struggles. Especially of note would be the short story "You Were There," about a friend who was always by the author's side and stuck with him even when the going was rough, also "My Journey Up North: the Infirmary," when the author was told that he may have cancer, and last but not least, "Attributes of a Man," which is full of good, old-fashioned advice as to what constitutes a well-rounded, disciplined man.