I can see why Gretchen Rubin’s blog and website are so popular. She translates abstract theories and philosophies into simple language, mines the biographies of spiritual masters for happiness tools, and is basically a user-friendly happiness manual in one stop. I especially enjoyed, of course, her post on St. Therese, and how studying and imitating a spiritual master can be a wonderful road map to happiness. Read her insightful post by clicking here. She even mentions Beyond Blue! Thanks, Gretchen!
An excerpt:

For my happiness project, I decided to study and imitate a spiritual master–but whom? I didn’t feel a particular affinity for any potential masters, until I came across St. Thérèse of Lisieux. I’d become interested in St. Thérèse after I saw her praised in Thomas Merton’s memoir, The Seven Storey Mountain. I’d been so surprised to see the cranky, monkish Merton write reverently about the sappily-named “Little Flower” that I was curious to read her spiritual memoir, The Story of a Soul. Since then, I’ve developed a mini-obsession with St. Thérèse. I have almost twenty biographies of her, and “Indulging in a (not so) modest splurge,” I spent $75 on a book of photographs of her. Ah, St. Thérèse! She is the perfect spiritual master for me — the fact that I’m not Catholic doesn’t change that.