An irresistible vademecum that shows us how to question plants properly, to live better and be happier.

Better than any Zen master, plants can change our lives for the better, helping us to regain serenity and harmony. With great practical sense and a touch of irony this book shows us that questioning plants is entirely possible, provided we get into a deep connection with them and recognise the substantial identity of the life we share. Plants are the world’s oldest living creatures and, just like humans, they have to find new solutions to life’s difficult challenges every day. Have we ever thought about listening to them, asking them for advice? This book not only teaches us how to do that, but also does so in a completely original way. In the face of our existential questions, plants seem to suggest certain actions and every chapter of the book is focused on them. How can we connect deeply with ourselves and the life around us? Breathe me. How can we enter into dialogue with nature? Talk to me. Can we overcome loneliness? Look at me. What do we have to do to stay healthy? Eat me. What is the best strategy to start new projects? Plant me. Is it possible to change the world? Think of me. Can small actions give meaning to life? Save me. And since ‘consulting’ plants is possible but sometimes it is not easy to listen to them properly, each of the seven chapters that make up this book ends with ‘practical exercises’ designed to cure our ‘nature deficit’ and plant blindness. Chapter by chapter we will learn about the rules of the life of the plant world and we will find some answers to our need for well-being.