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Life's Little Detours: 50 Lessons to Find and Hold onto Happiness

This book offers a compilation of 50 lessons that explore the challenges and opportunities found in life's detours. Each lesson is designed to help readers find and maintain happiness amidst the unpredictability of life's journey. more

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Regina Brett
Regina Brett

Regina Brett (born May 31, 1956) is an American columnist, author, and speaker known for her work at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. She gained widespread recognition for her column 'Life's 50 Lessons' which went viral in 2006 and later became a bestselling book. Brett has won the American Society of Newspaper Editors' commentary writing award twice. Her writing is characterized by warmth, humor, and profound insights into everyday life, often drawing from her personal experiences including her battle with breast cancer. She has authored several books including 'God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours.' more

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“The danger is that we may fail to perceive life's greatest meaning, fall short of its highest good, miss its deepest and most abiding happiness, be unable to render the most needed service, be unconscious of life ablaze with the light of the Presence of God - and be content to have it so - that is the danger. That some day we may wake up and find that always we have been busy with the husks and trappings of life - and have really missed life itself.”