Friday, June 16, 2017

Friday Book Report: The Book of Joy


His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Douglas Abrams have done a wonderful thing in creating The Book of Joy.  It is both practical and fun.  All too often, I think, we equate spiritual leadership with dullness, boredom, and the kind of sobriety that makes us long for something, anything, else.  These are not those spiritual leaders.  They laugh.  They joke.  They poke each other.  And they exude the kind of joy that we all would like to have in our lives.

Both the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama have faced deep personal and political crises.  There has been lots of suffering for each of them.  If they can somehow come through and find joy, they can show us the way.


The book has lots to offer those of any or no religious preference.  We can all learn from these great people and live more joyously.

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