Choosing Happiness: The Art of Living Unconditionally (Paperback)

by Veronica Ray (Author) "How often do we think, I'd be happy if . . . or I'll be happy when . . . ?..." (more)
Key Phrases: ego games, true inner peace, infinite abundance, Higher Power, Hugh Prather, Joseph Campbell (more...)

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Product Description
veronica ray shows how people let external circumstances determine their inner state of mind. through personal stories and attitude-changing exercises, ray shows that personal happiness is of an individual's own making.

About the Author
Veronica Ray is a free-lance writer living in Minneapolis. She is the author of Design for Growth; Twelve Steps for Adult Children and the Moment to Reflect Series, which are pocket-sized pamphlets entitled: Setting Boundaries, Accepting Ourselves, Letting Go, Living Our Own Lives, Our Higher Power, Serenity, Giving and Receiving. She also wrote Communicating with Love and Striking a Balance: How to Care without Care-taking two of the pamphlets in the Renewal for Codependents series. Hazelden publishes all of these titles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (February 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894866583
• ISBN-13: 978-0894866586
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #174,793 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Choosing Happiness: The Art of Living Unconditionally, February 6, 2000

By	Delisa Culpepper - See all my reviews

This is a simple straighforward look at many of the concepts covered in other books - brought altogher to present a rounded picture. It carries you through a look at what makes trouble in our lives and helps you to think about what "happiness is for you". The theme looks at the "ego" side of each of us and the "spiritual" side and contrasts how the different sides of us lead us on different paths.

After reading many self-help books over the years this one helped to bring everyhing into focus by not being so complicated. It is easy reading with clear concepts and examples for all of the parts of our lives from work to health.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We all need to make the choice to be happy., June 26, 2001

By	Stephen M. Theriault (Plantsville, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This is the best short spiritual/inspirational self-help book ever written. The book explains the distinction between one's Spirit, the higher part of ourselves which loves, forgives and is happy and contented, and our ego which is shallow, materialistic, discontented and makes us miserable. Once we learn the difference, we can learn to trust our inner Spirit in all aspects of our lives, including our relationships, financial decisions and our work-life. When we learn to trust our Spirit when we approach the problems and trials of life, we have released the ego's pain-filled existence and entered into a new life where our choice leads to spiritual happiness and contentment. As a Christian counselor, I give this book my highest recommendation. (a good companion to A Course in Miracles)

5.0 out of 5 stars We all need to make the choice to be happy., June 26, 2001

By	Stephen M. Theriault (Plantsville, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This is the best short spiritual/inspirational self-help book ever written. The book explains the distinction between our Spirit, the higher part of ourselves which loves, forgives and is happy and contented, and our ego which is shallow, materialistic, discontented and makes us miserable. Once we learn the difference, we can learn to trust our inner Spirit in all aspects of our lives, including our relationships, financial decisions and our work-life. When we learn to trust our Spirit when we approach the problems and trials of life, we have released the ego's pain-filled existence and entered into a new life where our choice leads to spiritual happiness and contentment. As a Christian counselor, I give this book my highest recommendation. (a good companion to A Course in Miracles)