So far my favorite author in the U.S. is Philip Gulley, who is a Quaker minister and showed me the door to English reading. I read his books as many as I could find.
To some people, Gulley’s writing may be boring. To me, the warmth, wisdom, humor, and frankness in his stories are admirable and attractive, even if I am not a Christian.
Now I quote a few lines from one of his book, Front Porch Tales.
'Sometime I make the mistake of needing everything to be a memory, of straining to make every moment a snapshot. Going through life with a camera to the eye, wanting the world to fall in step with my expectations. I forget that along with the marshmallows come the mosquitoes, and that no amount of wishing otherwise changes that. Life isn't only about "should be," the moments gone but treasured; it's also about the "is," the tumbles and the bugs.'
(...)
From my little wizard I learn to live the "is" and leave the "should be" to God.
