Celebrating Life (Paperback, New edition)

The human drama is not something to trudge through, as though it were an endurance contest. It is meant to be filled with joy. But in order for this to happen, we must first learn to celebrate life. That is the purpose of this book -- to inspire us to rejoice in and celebrate life.

The book, which was originally published as the essay "Joy" in The Art of Living series, describes joy as a quality that transcends mere happiness; it is one of the ingredients of a healthy life. Many people suffer from a puritanical hangover of grimness and pessimism; the purpose of this essay is to drive away the gloom of life and restore a proper state of "delightenment."