{"product_id":"2940153827353","title":"The Adventure of Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eHappiness is not something you achieve once and for all. Happiness is a muscle, a skill, a way of being that can and must be exercised. If you neglect your happiness, unhappiness will re-absorb you. You'll have fatty tissue in the underarms of your joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are happy because of what we do and because of who we are becoming. Happiness is available to us, increasingly, as we shift from lives of passivity to activity; from thinking to doing; and from defending to iterating (what we do). We are happy not because we don't have to change, but because we can renew our minds, govern our mouths, guard our hearts, and use our legs (who we are becoming). And in all this, we are not restrained by history, association, birth, personality, or circumstance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe material in this book has been distilled from Dr. David McDonald's professional work as a clergyman, professor, and executive coach over the past 20 years, a veritable library of theological and psychological books, and his own personal application and development of the material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of how one person learned to be happy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr. David McDonald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103374524656,"sku":"2940153827353","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153827353_p0.jpg?v=1764057239","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153827353","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}