The Book of Joy

This book was written by Tenzin Gyatso (more commonly known as the Dalai Lama), Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams. Archbishop Tutu travels to India to visit the Dalai Lama on his 80th birthday. Both spiritual leaders and Nobel Prize winners are now in the 80's. They stayed together for six days and that is when The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World was written based on their recorded conversations about joy. They talked about compassion, forgiveness, acceptance, courage, generosity, gratitude and humor. The end of the book has mediation exercises. I enjoyed reading about the conversations between these two men who obviously hold each other in high regard but are human enough to tease each other about their large noses.