The Best Things in Life Aren't Things

Nowadays, it's easy to think that happiness comes from getting the latest gadget advertised on television. But the little book you hold in your hands suggests that life is a spiritual exercise rooted in virtue, principle, experience, faith, community, and heartfelt emotion. Through simple essays, the author highlights the importance of making a "declaration of enough," developing "soul intensity," and avoiding "affluenza." This celebration of the real stuff of life expands on the popular bumper sticker that expresses what people everywhere know -- that "The Best Things in Life Aren't Things." Book jacket.