How to Be Happy by Declan Edwards

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Happiness is a fleeting thing, or is it? It is a question that has been pondered down through the ages, with many concluding that happiness is achievable if certain things take place within your life. But what those things are seem to differ from generation to generation, century to century.

Enter Declan Edwards, a man who has devoted many years to the study of happiness, what it is and how it can be achieved, now offering his findings, philosophy and a clear pathway to understanding and achieving this elusive state called happiness in How to Be Happy.

How to Be Happy is a gentle journey into understanding what happiness is, which for everyone is different: the birth of a child, facing the fear and doing it anyway, the joy of appreciating the simple things of life such as a hot coffee on a cold morning, or a sunset at night. To each person, that happiness is personal, enjoyable and happy.

So why then do we labour the issue about being happy? Are we programmed to believe that unless we do something specific, we will not be happy- buy a new car, new dress, climb the corporate ladder or keep on winning and if we don’t, we won’t be happy, which in many instances achieves the polar opposite.

Over his many years as a happiness coach and drawing on the wisdom of the Ancients such as Aristotle and Epicurus, along with the vastness of the religious texts, he has come up with five basic skills we all possess, but need to apply, to be able to improve our happiness quota permanently.

Not an overly long book, How to Be Happy holds life-changing information that asks you to ‘show up for yourself’. Once you have, you are asked to spread the word that happiness can be achieved, and that once it is, it can be contagious.

Enjoy your journey towards happiness; it is a great place from which to observe the world and enjoy every happy, joyful and well-earned moment.

Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley