The author was once a corporate executive in Sweden who, at 26, gave up his career to become a forest monk in Thailand, spending 17 years in monastic practice. The book distills the reflections gathered over those years.

The phrase is offered as a tool for loosening rigid certainty and easing the mental suffering that comes from over-identifying with one's own thoughts, encouraging humility toward whatever we feel sure about.

Written after Lindeblad was diagnosed with ALS, the book blends humor and vulnerability in an honest reflection on impermanence, ego, and what actually matters as life draws to a close.