The only book I have ever underlined on almost every page

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	• The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them David Richo Shambhala, 2006 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It changed my life.

Wish I had read it decades ago. Will definitely improve the quality of decades to come.

Valuable Wisdom

David Richo is one of the most straightforward and wise writers on self help I've ever read. By combining the timeless wisdom of the East, particularly Buddhism and Taoism, with contemporary Western psychology, he offers wisdom far more valuable, useful and honest than most of the current temporary feel-good fads that offer little in the way of real substance.
For those who want to continue to live in a fantasy world where all their dreams and wishes come true if they only work hard enough and believe hard enough, this book might be a surprising pin prick in their dream world bubble. The good news is, by accepting reality the way it really is rather than how we want it to be, we are in tune with life and thus face far less difficulties than those who continue to struggle against reality.
Reality always wins. Get used to it. This book can help.

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The only book I have ever underlined on almost every page

I'm not one to read self-help or psychological tomes but I'm going through a very painful surprise divorce and am seeking positive healing wherever I can. Dave Richo's book is one that puts a loving spin on all the challenges of life. Never saying it will be easy but that our higher powers and/or friend support and/or therapists will be there to help us get through to the benefits awaiting on the other side of the pain. The constant suggestions of peaceful, non-retributive, loving and compassionate thoughts and centering beliefs helped me know that I have a better opportunity to be the person I want to be now that this pain has 'pushed me through the door' to actualize my life.

I am buying several copies of the book to share with my friends and adult children so that they too have the chance to be reminded that love, compassion, peace, and caring are the real meaningful gifts we can share with ourselves and others. I hope you'll read this book, too, and find the helpful tools for getting through challenges and turning them into that which makes us stronger and potentially happier.

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Awesome perspective

I read this book and then let my friends read it. It is a great book full of perspectives contradictory to 21st century American thought. It is full of truths which will bring an individual pathways to peace.

A book full of insight

Outstanding work offering insight into some of life's "misconceptions". David Richo not only constructs his work on these insights but also guides us to embrace issues that might previously been seen as "life's disappointments". He portrays his "five givens" as challenges that we will face and introduces the rather radical approach that they are not negatives. He shows that by resisting these "givens" we set ourselves up for sorrow, disappointment, and frustration. He walks us through a process of learning how to truly accept and embrace them as necessary for our personal quest for growth and happiness. He mixes modern psychology and Eastern spirituality in order to teach the reader how to find fulfillment and joy by accepting concepts that we often deny and oppose.

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Why is it that despite our best efforts, many of us remain fundamentally unhappy and unfulfilled in our lives? In this provocative and inspiring book, David Richo distills thirty years of experience as a therapist to explain the underlying roots of unhappiness?and the surprising secret to finding freedom and fulfillment.

There are certain facts of life that we cannot change?the unavoidable "givens" of human existence: (1) everything changes and ends, (2) things do not always go according to plan, (3) life is not always fair, (4) pain is a part of life, and (5) people are not loving and loyal all the time. Richo shows us that by dropping our deep-seated resistance to these givens, we can find liberation and discover the true richness that life has to offer. Blending Western psychology and Eastern spirituality, including practical exercises, Richo shows us how to open up to our lives?including to what is frightening, painful, or disappointing?and discover our greatest gifts.

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