I really hate It’s Up to You Pass It On by Dr. Dennis Swanberg. I was looking forward to slowing down someday, trimming back on the 350,000 plus frequent flyer miles a year, start sleeping at home instead of hotel rooms, and waking up at the crack of noon. I imagined one day that the only reason I’d get up before daylight would be to duck hunt, deer hunt, turkey hunt, or fish, which I look for-ward to doing pretty much all the time. Then I went and read THIS book. With more wake-up punch than 6 cups of Starbucks and aV-8 slap on the forehead, It’s Up to You challenged me to think of the coming years of my life as the most important ones.

I’ve known Dennis Swanberg for a long time, and he is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. His gut-busting sense of humor carries the serious message of why the battle of life is too important to become an observer from the sidelines.

It’s Up to You is a lively, totally entertaining, but deeply spiritual challenge to all the people who thought that the goal of being a senior adult was to ride around the Ozarks, the Smokies, or Nova Scotia watching leaves turn colors and spending a few nights in Branson catching the Gatlin Brothers, Tony Orlando, and three all-you-can-eat buffets a day. So, saddle up, pilgrim, and know that you’re in for the ride of your life.

Mike Huckabee

Former Governor of Arkansas
United States Ambassador to Israel