A heartfelt celebration of not quite having life figured out.

This is a book about celebrating the middle bits - the messy, awkward, uncomfortable bits - while navigating our way through the uncertainties of life.

When Samuel Leighton-Dore began rolling out clay tiles and engraving words into them, he had just been diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. After years spent in therapy waiting rooms, searching for meaning, encouragement and guidance, he turned to art to better understand who he was and why he was, and to slow down and rediscover the joy and humour in the everyday.

Samuel's artwork and writing celebrate all the messy bits of trying to navigate our busy lives. Life, like the tiles themselves, can be fragile and finite, so sometimes it's okay to not have everything figured out all the time. His writing is relatable and comforting, like the world's biggest hug from a friend. It's also funny, sad, hopeful, inspirational and ultimately connected to his own experiences with mental health. Samuel's thoughts might not represent how you currently live your life, but perhaps how you'd like to live it one day.

Because life can be hard sometimes. But, hey, at least we have each other.