I bought this book after I had read a similar one entitled Peace is Every Step by Thich Naht Hahn and I really was interested in the theory of mindfulness. While I found Zinn's writing to be easy to get through mostly, some of it is hard to see clearly because we live in a world where it's near impossible to think we should be mindful of EVERYTHING we do, including eating and washing, etc... However, I found that the basic ideas in his work are great. They've helped me to be mindful of the world around me, and this in addition to other works about positive thinking are great. They've relieved my stress levels and I focus on other things to make my life better. I'd definitely recommend it to those interested in mindfulness.