The Book of Joy
Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
by Dalai Lama
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“A wonderful book. | Second book of year...can’t recommend it enough. Chapter after chapter of wisdom from two men who managed to keep perspective despite living in unsettled times. | When the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu write a book, you gotta read it and #ShareTheJoy | two of my favorite people, @dalailama and @thedesmondtutu, have come together to make a beautiful book. #sharethejoy”
Source →“A wonderful book. | Second book of year...can’t recommend it enough. Chapter after chapter of wisdom from two men who managed to keep perspective despite living in unsettled times. | When the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu write a book, you gotta read it and #ShareTheJoy | two of my favorite people, @dalailama and @thedesmondtutu, have come together to make a beautiful book. #sharethejoy”
Source →“A wonderful book. | Second book of year...can’t recommend it enough. Chapter after chapter of wisdom from two men who managed to keep perspective despite living in unsettled times. | When the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu write a book, you gotta read it and #ShareTheJoy | two of my favorite people, @dalailama and @thedesmondtutu, have come together to make a beautiful book. #sharethejoy”
Source →“A wonderful book. | Second book of year...can’t recommend it enough. Chapter after chapter of wisdom from two men who managed to keep perspective despite living in unsettled times. | When the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu write a book, you gotta read it and #ShareTheJoy | two of my favorite people, @dalailama and @thedesmondtutu, have come together to make a beautiful book. #sharethejoy”
Source →Recommended by 6 notable people, including Meghan Markle and Alfred Lin
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Professional Development, Personal Development, and Philosophy.
Two great spiritual masters share their own hardwon wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity. The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject wa...
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Professional Development, Personal Development, and Philosophy.
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“A wonderful book. | Second book of year...can’t recommend it enough. Chapter after chapter of wisdom from two men who managed to keep perspective despite living in unsettled times. | When the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu write a book, you gotta read it and #ShareTheJoy | two of my favorite people, @dalailama and @thedesmondtutu, have come together to make a beautiful book. #sharethejoy”
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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