Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out
by Marci Shimoff
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Author: Marci ShimoffContributor: Carol Kline
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 141654772X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Free Press
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Book Review: Summarizes Latest Science and New Age Thinking About Creating Happiness for Yourself
Summary: 4 Stars
If you don't have the time to read the latest science on what people do to feel happier, Happy for No Reason is a time-saving resource. The book is also filled with lots of New Age arguments about happiness that don't have any science behind them. If such New Age material is of interest, you can read it. If the material seems too lightweight, you can skip those parts.
Those who love to read stories about overcoming problems will enjoy at least some of the interviews in the book. A few are riveting such as the nurse who lost her eyesight after using eye drops that had been tampered with. For my taste, the interviews contained a few too many of the self-promoting gurus to be totally satisfying.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that about the first half of the book duplicates Jack Canfield's Breakthrough to Success seminar. Now when people ask me if they should take the seminar, I can tell them to read the first half of this book to get a feel for the seminar. This connection should be no surprise, as Ms. Shimoff is closely associated with Mr. Canfield through her work on the Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
I kept waiting for Ms. Shimoff to get around to spirituality as a source of happiness and was glad to see that she included material on this subject. I thought, however, that this material was relatively undeveloped and it seemed strange to put it last. Many people become happy for no reason simply because of their relationship with God.
Let me address that point a little more. Ms. Shimoff doesn't get into guilt and sin very much, but most people feel like they've done a lot of bad things. As a result, they don't feel very good about themselves and don't have the resources to change very much. If that person accepts Jesus as savior, the sins and guilt can be washed away permanently and the person has resources to resist sinning and feeling bad in the future. Happiness follows automatically for most people who make this change in their lives.
I liked that Ms. Shimoff included materials so you could assess how happy you are. I was pleased to find that I'm very happy, which I suspected before I read this book.
My personal view is that it's not that hard to be happy if you take the spiritual route. This could have been a much shorter book.
As a result, I also commend to you "Real Life Stories" which is published by the Jubilee Worship Center in Hobart, Indiana if you would like to read about 100 people who took very troubled lives and became happy for no reason. You'll find a story in that book which reads like where you are in your life. You'll be cheered to know how someone else made it through the hard times.
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