Are you really happy? Or is your happiness hollow, artificial, and unstable? When almost every human choice is made with happiness in mind, why do we continue to miss out on lasting happiness? Is real happiness possible in a world filled with pain, injustice and struggle? What if our conventional approaches to happiness are all wrong? Perhaps happiness isn't something we pursue, but rather something that ensues. What if happiness is not stuff we fill up on, but something we make room for? Real happiness may not be something out there at all (material, +), but something in here (spiritual, ).
In this compelling narrative, best-selling author Mike Hayes and Dr. Jeffrey Garner journeys through the eight Beatitudes from Jesus' revolutionary and beloved Sermon on the Mount. Religious and non-religious leaders alike will find inspiration in learning that Jesus, despite popular understandings, was in fact deeply invested in human happiness. Jesus' happiness, however, consoles sorrow, embraces emptiness, confronts injustice, and is even present in our suffering-all that we avoid in our search for happiness. Aptly reframing the Beatitudes as happy oracles, Mike and Jeffrey share personal stories and timeless insights that optimize Jesus' happy message for a 21st-century audience. This book challenges our cultural conceptions of happiness by exploring what true joy is and uncovers how we can all be Real Happy.
