A Field Guide to Happiness
In the West, we have everything we could possibly need or wantaexcept for peace of mind. So writes Linda Leaming, a harried American who traveled from Nashville, Tennessee, to the rugged Himalayan nation of Bhutanasometimes called the happiest place on Earthato teach English and unlearn her politicized and polarized, energetic and impatient way of life. In Bhutan, if I have three things to do in a week, itas considered busy. In the U.S., I have at least three things to do between breakfast and lunch. After losing her luggage immediately upon arrival, Leaming realized that she also had emotional baggageaa tendency toward inaction, a touch of self-absorption, and a hundred other trite, stupid, embarrassing, and inconsequential thingsathat needed to get lost as well. Pack up ideas and feelings that tie you down and send you lead-footed down the wrong path. Put them in a metaphorical suitcase and sling it over a metaphorical bridge in your mind. Let the river take them away. Forced by circumstance and her rustic surroundings to embrace a simplified life, Leaming made room for more useful beliefs. The thin air and hard climbs of her mountainous commute put her deeply in touch with her breath, helping her find focus and appreciation. The archaic, glacially paced bureaucracy of a Bhutanese bank taught her to go with the flowaand take up knitting. The ancient ritual of drinking tea brought tranquility, friendship, and, eventually, a husband. Each day, and each adventure, in her adopted home brought new insights and understandings to take back to frantic America, where she now practices the art of asimulating Bhutan.a This collection of stories, impressions, and suggestions is a little nudge, a push, a leg up into the rarefied air of paradiseaof bright sunlight and beautiful views.One night on a trek near Gangtey, a leopard came down and killed oneof the horses, ripping its neck open. ... He knows by smell and sight and feel whentherain will come, and whereto look justafter a rain when sudden sunlight makes prismsanbsp;...
| Title | : | A Field Guide to Happiness |
| Author | : | Linda Leaming |
| Publisher | : | Hay House, Inc - 2014-10-01 |
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