| How to Be Happy: People Ages Eleven to Ninety-Two Reveal Their Secrets Contributor(s): Liffring-Zug Bourret, Joan (Author), Sharp, Mary (Editor), Wright, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 193204387X ISBN-13: 9781932043877 Publisher: Penfield Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships |
| LCCN: 2012922074 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.28 lbs) 86 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Impacted by parental divorce resulting in a very sad childhood, I discovered in my mid-thirties the need to strive for a happy life. After a painful divorce from my first husband, introspection, therapy and reading philosophers, I filled my life with happy people; those who were married and those who were single. I avoided association with those people who were cruel to others. I discovered that one can create happiness, rather than suffering, with pain. Keeping an optimistic attitude is vital at every age. Now I have had a happy forty-six years. Because of personal experience and reading books exploring which countries have the happiest people, I decided to document a few of the happy people in my life. I have taken nearly all the photographs of the people shown in this book. Most have written their own stories. Recently, an editor of a magazine essay wrote that I was planning to publish a book about how to be happy featuring people and their things. I made a correction. The happy people in this book tell about their philosophies. Family and friendships are the important keys to lives of contentment. --Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret This book contains the stories of people from ages eleven to ninety-two and what makes them happy. |