A Million Miles in a Thousand Years – Donald Miller
Donald Miller had written a bestselling memoir, Blue Like Jazz, and his life seemed to be going well. But when two filmmakers approached him about turning his book into a movie, they told him that his real life was too dull to make a good story. They needed to create a fictional version of him with clearer goals, more conflict and a better plot.
In A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, Miller describes how this experience led him to ask a profound question: if a good story makes for a good movie, could living a better story make for a better life? He began to study the elements of great storytelling, such as a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it, and to apply them to his own life.
The book follows Miller as he takes on new challenges and adventures that push him out of his comfort zone, including trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, reconnecting with his estranged father, starting a mentoring organization and riding a bicycle across America. Along the way, he reflects on meaning, purpose, faith, love, risk and the courage it takes to change.
Written with humor, honesty and insight, the book encourages readers to stop living passively and to start writing a more meaningful story with their own lives.
Inspiring and thought-provoking, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is a wonderful read for anyone seeking direction, purpose or a fresh start. It includes reflections from a Christian perspective.
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