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  • Aggressively Happy

  • A Realist's Guide to Believing in the Goodness of Life
  • By: Joy Clarkson
  • Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
  • Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (51 ratings)

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Aggressively Happy

By: Joy Clarkson
Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
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Discover the way toward a lighter, braver, and wiser life

This old world can be exhausting, despairing, and cynical. But you don't have to be.

Instead, you can unlock the power to a happy life - an act of defiance that will make you more resilient in times of turmoil, pain, and chaos. Cultivating happiness takes grit, determination, and a good sense of humor. It's not always easy, but it's well worth it.

Beloved writer Joy Marie Clarkson leads the way, crafting an audacious case for happiness no matter what you're going through. With her signature humor and lyrical storytelling, Joy offers an irresistible invitation:

"If we accept that life will be full of difficulties and sorrows, we then have two options: to resign ourselves to life generally being a bummer, or to seek enjoyment, delight, and hope in the midst of (and in spite of!) life's up and downs. To put it bluntly: You could choose to cultivate happiness, or you could not. ... I think we should go for it."

Go, therefore, and choose an aggressively happy life.

©2022 Joy Marie Clarkson (P)2022 eChristian
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Refreshing

Totally surprising gifts in these chapters!
Do yourself a favor: listen to it! I liked it so much that I bought the book as well, so I can annotate my copy.

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Deeply Nourishing

I felt so seen in this book. Joy captures such truth and wisdom to living well. I hope to revisit this beautiful little book regularly.

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A delightful challenge

A wonderful blend of personal stories and reflections and wisdom gleaned from literature and philosophy. I often leave such genres of books feeling discouraged, but because she grounded happiness in the reality of God's love, I ended the book with more courage to trust God and live out the gifts he gave me.

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Great!

Definitely wish I had this book back in my 20s! Sometimes it read like a memoir and sometimes like a literary analysis. My favorite part was the epilogue as it touched on a lesson I’m currently learning.

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More than "just" happy

Delightfully poignant and engaging, Joy Marie Clarkson draws you in from the get go. What might she say next? Have you ever considered how to flounder well? What does a snack and a nap have to do with being aggressively happy? And how do you live into this with hearty defiance when the culture of cynicism and even toxic positivity is so pervasive?

I waited too long to pick up this book. Learn from my mistake. 😉

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Good one.

Really enjoyed this one. it's a shame that Christians are so reluctant to enjoy things. it should be easy.

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Loved every minute

What great encouragement for anyone traveling along this journey called life. Thank you, Joy, for sharing your heart with us.

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