This book has the potential to change the entire world. No matter what your faith or your personal background, we can all experience joy and give compassion to both ourselves and others. There are so many wonderful quotes from both of these spiritual leaders that I would love to include.

"A person is a person through other persons." - ++Desmond Tutu on Ubuntu theology

“The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience.” - Dalai Lama XIV

“The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives fresh water, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.” - ++Desmond Tutu

"I’ve sometimes joked and said God doesn’t know very much math, because when you give to others, it should be that you are subtracting from yourself. But in this incredible kind of way—I’ve certainly found that to be the case so many times—you gave and it then seems like in fact you are making space for more to be given to you." - Dalai Lama XIV

This is a book that I will probably read every year around the onset of winter when seasonal depression rears its ugly head. This book has helped me to develop a rule of life and am so grateful to my dear friend for gifting me with its wisdom. It should be required reading for all aspiring and present clergy.