Looking for Happiness? The Art of Happiness is your book for nuggets of happiness😊

One's happiness is based on thoughts and what goes into them. Great insight from "The Art of Happiness" from His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. Happiness was created on a hike in Akaroa, New Zealand, and then riding a rhinoceros. Great book to intentionally readjust our mindset in regards to experiencing suffering and pain. Thank you to International Photographer Nicklas Remington Bajema for the picture taking! This book reminds me of what Jordan Pederson and Victor Frankl (author of Man's Search for Meaning) promote and that we will always experience suffering and our reaction to the suffering is the most important to how we continue to live daily. These book pictures were taken when I was working on the Celebrity Solstice.

My favorite quotes from the The Art of Happiness

"Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises. Now, our usual attitude consists of an intense aversion and intolerance of our pain and suffering.... we can transform our attitude towards suffering, adopt an attitude that allows us greater tolerance of it, then this can do much to help counteract feelings of mental unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and discontent."

"I think that how you perceive life as a whole plays a role in your attitude about suffering. For instance, if your basic outlook is that suffering is negative and must be avoided at all costs and in some sense is a sign of failure, this will add a distinct psychological component of anxiety and intolerance when you encounter difficult circumstances, a feeling of being overwhelmed. On the other hand, if your basic outlook accepts that suffering is natural part of your existence, this will undoubtedly make you more tolerant towards the adversities of life."

"We often hear people say that all human beings are equal. By this we mean that everyone has the obvious desire of happiness. Everybody has the right to be a happy person. And everyone has the right to overcome suffering. So if someone is deriving happiness or benefit from a particular religious tradition, it becomes important to respect the rights of others; thus we must learn to respect all these major religious traditions. That is clear."