Jun 01 2008
Happy For No Reason by Marci Shimoff - A Book Review
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Having a million is really not the goal. Being happy is the goal and “goal” is perhaps not the best word in any case. I think both money and natural joy flow more easily when one is in the flow of life, accepting, forgiving, letting go. I think the greatest cause of human suffering is the resistance of our limited thinking ego to the Truth of what Universe is offering us through this life and these moments.
I am loving a new book by Marci Shimoff (author of Chicken Soup for the Womans Soul) called Happy for No Reason. It’s easy enough to be happy when everything is going your way, Marci says, but the real deal and the more abiding, deeper happiness is the kind you can have no matter what is going on in your life.
And ironically, you get to greater happiness by nurturing the happiness and gratitude you already have. Not by wanting or focusing on what you lack, but by appreciating and being thankful for what you have. And it’s not the things we think we need that lead to happiness, in any case.
As Albert Schweitzer said:
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The quotes are alone worth getting this book. Here’s a good one from this morning’s reading on the subject of purpose:
the important thing is not to think much but to love much, and so do that which best stirs you to love.
-St. Teresa of Avila, sixteenth century Spanish nun and mystic
This short song I wrote was inspired by this book and gives you a taste of it. A few flat notes but hey, I’m happy being imperfect. A Mac Garageband production actually recorded in my garage earlier today. Enjoy!
This book is important on my path because it is helping me pull out of my low income funk to tap into the natural, inherent joy that I just have by virture of being alive. This joy and connecting to a purpose greater than myself will be key elements to lifting me out of the poverty zone and opening to the flow of love and money and abundance that is all around me.
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