The secret to happiness From the introduction of Me to We: Turning Self-Help on Its Head by Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger:So, who are we? We are two brothers from a middle-class suburban neighbourhood who grew up with a love for volunteering and being socially involved. In 1995, we founded Free the Children, an organization committed to bringing education to children overseas, and through this work we have been blessed with some extraordinary life experiences ... Could it be we have found the secret to happiness? We think we have.We drew the inspiration to write this book from our volunteer work and travels. The road that we have travelled and the people we have met have led us to one shockingly simple conclusion: being thinner, smarter, richer, faster, or having better abs, will not make you happy, despite claims to the contrary. In fact, this book challenges the notion that self-help -- worrying and fretting about yourself all the time, focusing solely on yourself, is the best way to improve your life. It invites you to find happiness and purpose by reaching out to others.... This book is designed to start a movement, to bring about a revolution in giving and community building. We will not measure the impact of this book in sales, but in the number of people motivated to reach out to others, because we will have succeeded not when you buy this book, but when you use it and pass it on to someone else. We promise above all that it will open your eyes and challenge the way you look at life. And it will change your life and the lives of everyone you meet. We wrote this book because we believe in its message: one small step for kindness, one large step for humankind. |