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Resisting Happiness

By: Matthew Kelly
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A true story about why we sabotage ourselves, feel overwhelmed, set aside our dreams, and lack the courage to simply be ourselves...and how to start choosing happiness again!

Are you happy? It may be the wrong question. Most of us think we are relatively happy, while at the same time knowing that we could be happier - maybe even a lot happier. Ordinary people and the finest philosophers have been exploring the question of happiness for thousands of years, and theories abound. But this is not a book of theory. Resisting Happiness is a deeply personal, disarmingly transparent look at why we sabotage our own happiness and what to do about it.

Are you overwhelmed? Do you procrastinate? Do you sometimes feel like you are your own worst enemy? Are you ignoring your dreams? Have you lost the courage to truly be yourself? Do you feel that your life lacks meaning and purpose? Do you find yourself avoiding the real issues in your life and focusing on the superficial? Do you ever wonder what God has to do with any of this?

We all experience these feelings and doubts from time to time. But do you know what to do when you experience them? In this fascinating book, Matthew Kelly uses his signature combination of the profound and the practical to help us understand why we feel these things and how to rise above them.

Breaking through resistance, Kelly tells us, is essential to becoming the person that God created us to be.

What is resistance? It's that sluggish feeling of not wanting to do something that you know is good for you. It's the inclination to do something that you unabashedly know is not good for you. It's the desire and tendency to delay something you should be doing right now.

It is resistance that stands between you and happiness. In this audiobook you will learn not only what it is, but how to recognize and conquer it in your own life.

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Really makes you think about what is important

Another great book by Matthew Kelly. Happiness is something we all want but many of us never find it, this book is not a quick fix it offers a genuine pathway to happiness. I appreciate the authors vulnerability in opening up about his struggles.

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positive, spiritual and practical

The strong Catholic message at first felt jarring as I wasn't expecting it and it reminded me of an extended sermon. Once I settled into it and accepted the message for what it is I found more and more universal truth behind it which I enjoyed and drew many inspiring pieces of wisdom.

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very enlightening !

A great listen . I will go through it again. I need to grant myself the permission to stop and do the action points at the end of chapter ! that is my challenge to myself.

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Resisting Happiness

One of those books where a few key lines land and have the ability to change you if you allow it to.

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Spiritual life made simple

Loved hearing this read in Matthews own voice as some of the stories were quite personal. He breaks the spiritual life down into simple achievable steps.

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All about God?!

This book starts off interesting but as soon as you hit chapter 4 - it starts talking about GOD non stop?! What has God got to do with resisting happiness! The title should mention that this book is about god. This book actually made me resist happiness because it became so depressing in chapter 5! What a shame.

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