The Language of Happiness: A Collection from Blue Mountain Arts

by Susan Polis Schutz (Editor)

For this inspiring anthology, Susan Polis Schutz has chosen timeless words of wisdom by an impressive array of authors, poets, and philosophers to capture the essence of what it truly means to be happy. The handmade paper chose for the cover of this book is specially crafted from mulberry trees, with real flower petals, grasses, leaves, and bark embedded in the paper. Using age-old techniques, this paper is made without cutting down trees or harming the natural environment.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Susan Polis Schutz (born 1944) is an American poet and producer of greeting cards and the mother of U.S. Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado.

Reviews

[Jeannie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love little books like this...

From the book

WISH LIST

Of all the things I wish for you, I would give anything if these wishes could always come true...
I want you to be happy. I want you to fill your heart with feelings of wonder and to be full of courage and hope. I want you to have the type of friendship that is a treasure - and the kind of love that is beautiful forever. I wish you contentment: the sweet, quiet, inner kind that comes around and never goes away.

I want you to have hopes and have them all come true. I want you to make the most of this moment in time. I want you to have a real understanding of how unique and rare you truly are. I want to remind you that the sun may disappear for a while, but it never forgets to shine. I want you to have faith. May you have feelings that are shared from heart to heart, simple pleasures amidst this complex world, and wonderful goals that are within your grasp. May the words you listen to say the things you need to hear. And may a cheerful face lovingly look back at you when you happened to glance in your mirror.

I wish you the insight to see your inner and outer beauty. I wish you sweet dreams. I want you to have times when you feel like singing and dancing and laughing out loud. I want you to be able to make your good times better and your hard times easier to handle. I want you to have millions of moments when you find satisfaction in the things you do so wonderfully. And I wish I could find a way to tell you - in untold ways - how important you are to me.
Of all the things I'll be wishing for, wherever you are and whatever you do, there will never be a day in my life when I won't be wishing the best... for you.

[Sophie · Rating 1 out of 5]

An awful book. The use of page space is bad, there is only 2 paragraphs to every page. The book is 50 versions of the same exact poem and none of them are very good. It seems like something a nursery had made from the toddlers poems. Not what I was expecting for the price, and not what I was expecting from the quality. The actual book feels amazing, the pages are thick and creamy and it's a nice size

[Junying · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely little book!