Description
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span> </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span> </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span> </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span> </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span> </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span> </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>
Story Behind The Book
After a quite turbulent life in the Netherlands in which freedom and wealth were the main issue I noticed that was something was missing in my life. All material wealth did not make me feel happy and satisfied. In 1999 I visited Indonesia for the 1st time and there I saw that happiness did not come with wealth. This feeling kept growing inside me and at a certain moment I started to pay more attention to that feeling. In August 2008 (I lived in a city outside of Jakarta, Indonesia) I sat with a friend in the car and while I looked outside, I noticed that along the way so many young people sat around doing nothing. Young people with little till no prospects for the future, though they didn't seemed troubled whatsoever. At that time there came 1 way or another a bright moment in me and I decided to dedicate myself to find Truth and Inner Peace.
