Cleese, an attraction of fun

One of the books I thoroughly enjoyed is this one, which is, apart from the fact that it's just very good, also quite special as it is a 304 pages long dialogue.

It is as if you're sitting in this room, together with Skynner and Cleese, listening to their interesting, sometimes heated but o so funny conversations about family life (and how to survive them; wouldn't we all like to know?!). It doesn't really matter whether or not you agree with Skynner's view on this subject. He's quite passionate with his knowledge and opinions about the psychological slices of life and John Cleese, well, he's just so direct, funny (and hilarious at times), that it will be hard to not enjoy this book.

The theory they talk about is a triggering one. It triggered me, anyway. Not that I think I can explain it to you in just one single post (as the book covers 300+ pages, I obviously can't even get close) but one of the basic "facts" they mention is as follows:

The people you live with, let's say your partner, your friends, you've apparently chosen before you actually even spoke to them, the first time you met his/her/them. It seems that we all somehow are attracted to persons, who've got (roughly) the same experiences, feelings and expectations of life. Again, this is a very brief statement of one of the many interesting and mind tickling topics in this book.

I finished reading it quite a while ago now but, funnily enough, it keeps coming back to me in various ways. Lately it "showed up" because it, again, matched with something else I read about: the law of attraction.

Now that's a subject which deserves a post (or even more) on its own, but it is worth mentioning it here just to give it a thought. If you think this will pleasently tickle your brain, you should definetely read the book and/or, if you like, check out the side of the LOA. I'm sure that when you google a bit, you'll find much more on these subjects.

Speaking about googling (and why I came up with John Cleese today): when doing my usual morning routine behind the PC, I bumped into a video which made me laugh, even though I hadn't even finished my coffee yet, which should say enough. (In terms of the law of attraction, coffee is probably constantly on my mind).
This sketch is full of self sarcasm which is so "attractive to me", in terms of LOA; more then enough to discover afterwards that I had half a cup of cold coffee in front of me. And that's just so unattractive...
J