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    Simple Secrets to a Happy Life
    Simple Secrets to a Happy Life
    Simple Secrets to a Happy Life
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    Simple Secrets to a Happy Life

    By Luci Swindoll

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    “Everyone falls in love with Luci. Everyone reads one of her books and wants to know this woman personally. Everyone feels that sweet sense of connection, where it seems that she is sharing from her plainest, deepest self, and seeing into yours . . . She’s the world’s soul mate.” –Anne Lamott

    Is it possible to stay full of life, laughter, love, and the Lord through eight decades in this crazy world? Is that even realistic? Yes! There is hope, and Luci Swindoll is living proof.

    With heart and humor, this best-selling author and beloved speaker lays out the truths that can help us all become a little more creative, organized, healthy, and happy. This is not a complex prescription for how to become superwoman. These are simple secrets, the wisdom produced by years of walking with God and living well.

    We don’t need more tips for “having it all,” but we could all use insight on “having what matters,” and there is no better guide than Luci Swindoll.

    Luci has spent eight decades accumulating the stories, memories, verses, and practical tips that make up Simple Secrets to a Happy Life. Whether traveling the world or building life-long friendships, singing in the opera or working for Mobil Oil, every step has taught her a little more about how to love God, love her neighbor, and love herself.

    The result is both personal and universal. Organized into fifty short chapters, her reflections form a simple and profound outline for making the most of the lives God has given us.

    We could all use a little more joy in our lives, which means we could all use a little more Luci. Visit her through these snapshots of wisdom. You’ll find yourself drawn back again and again.




    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateMar 12, 2012
    ISBN9781400203543
    Simple Secrets to a Happy Life
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    Luci Swindoll

    Luci Swindoll is author of Celebrating Life and a co-author of various Women of Faith devotionals. She has served as a business executive of Mobil Oil Corporation and as vice president with Insight for Living. She lives in Frisco, Texas.

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      The layout is simple and effective with short chapters. Each chapter title is five words long and starts with an action verb. Examples include Keep Your Word Every Time, Acknowledge Your Need for Help, and Do All Your Homework First. This was the first book I read by Luci Swindoll. Unfortunately it fell flat for me. The title and introduction warn that the advice is simple. A simple reading of the table of contents as a bulleted list might have been as satisfying as the couple hundred pages of text. It just wasn't enough to sink my teeth into.That is not to say that Simple Secrets is without merit. There was one chapter that I would like to pluck out and give to my reading-adverse friends—Build Yourself a Small Library. Swindoll explains how as a child, her family treasured books, a fact that led her on a rewarding path in life. Today Swindoll and her siblings each have home libraries and live by Mark Twain’s reported quote “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” I love that.There are lots of interesting tidbits about the Swindoll children including her brother, well-known pastor and author Chuck Swindoll. From reading the book, Luci Swindoll seems like a very pleasant and interesting woman, with a great deal of wisdom to share. Sadly, as far as this book is concerned, that wisdom could have been condensed into a pamphlet.The publisher provided a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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