Your Life Isn't for You : A Selfish Person's Guide to Being Selfless
(2022)

Nonfiction

eBook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2022
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (112 pages)

ISBN/ISSN
9781626562011 MWT15019457, 1626562016 15019457
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

In this book, Seth Adam Smith expands on the philosophy behind his extraordinarily popular blog post "Marriage Isn't for You", which received over thirty million hits and has been translated into over twenty languages and shares how living for others can enrich every aspect of your life, just as it has his. With a mix of humor, candor, and compassion, he reveals how, years before his marriage, his self-obsession led to a downward spiral of addiction and depression, culminating in a suicide attempt at the age of twenty. Reflecting on the love and support he experienced in the aftermath, as well as on the lessons he learned from a difficult missionary stint in Russia, his time as a youth leader in the Arizona desert, his marriage, and even a story his father read to him as a child, he shares his deep conviction that the only way you can find your life is to give it away to others

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