​The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness

The Book in One Sentence

At the heart of every painful struggle is a beautiful gift: a lesson to be learned.

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3 Big Ideas

1) Everything happens for a reason... if YOU DECIDE it does.

"I still believe that things in the world do, indeed, happen for a reason.
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It is not a reason we find, but one we carve, sculpted from our own pain and loss.
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It's a grueling process, this forging a reason from the stuff of life, but it's all we can do.
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And what we get for our efforts is a good story to tell."

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2) Stop "SHOULDING" all over yourself.

“Many brilliant people walk around burdened by the ridiculous notion that their life should be different than it is.
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'I should be rich,' they say. 'I should be famous.' 'I should be better looking.'
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Everyone has their 'should's.'
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But the happiest people I know never think they should be doing something else, or being someone else.

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3) Every LOSS contains a LESSON.

“Face your demons and see life for what it is:
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The sum total of all we've lost, divided by what we learn from it.