Find Happiness
by Shawn Smith

Table of Contents
(Read sample excerpts linked in blue)

Acknowledgments

"The Twinkle in Grandma's Eye"

Preface

Section I

1. A Choice You Have to Make
The Chink in My Armor • The Institution of Knighthood • The Knight’s Behavior • The Only Way to True Happiness

2. The Life That Rewards Itself
Nine Basic Moral Qualities • Six Points Found in Love • Two Points of Etiquette • Five Professional Codes • The Knight’s Loving Way • Humanistic Reasoning • God is Calling—Will You Answer?

3. How to Avoid the Road to Hell
Ten Vices to Avoid • The Human Heart’s Desire to Know and Be Known • Sins Against God • Finding the Truth in the Word of God

4. How to Recognize—and Get Out of— the Dark
The Symptoms of Depression • Ten Other Ways Depression Manifests Itself • Alcohol and Drug Abuse • Understanding Anger • Are You Hiding Your Anger? • Five Ways to Alleviate Anger • Taking Responsibility for the Problems in Your Life • Guilt and Forgiveness • The Demonic Package of Worry

5. How to Look and Feel Better
Healthy Eating • Good Sources of Essential Nutrients • Aerobic Exercise Tips • Weight Training Guidelines • Do Not Worship Your Body

6. Protecting Our Children
Child Development • Child Health and Protection • Sex Education • Giving Your Children to God

7. Choosing Our Role Models
What a Role Model Isn't • The Negative Impacts of the Entertainment Industry • Understanding the Fine Print • Four Role Models of the Bible

8. Doing Our Jobs With Integrity
Corporate Responsibilities • Working in the Public Service Field • Virtuous Business Rules

9. The Most Powerful Book in the World
My Testimony • Getting to Know God • In the Beginning • The Soul • The Holy Spirit • Free Will • Justice and Mercy • Trials and Tribulations • Faith, Worship, and Reward • Jesus Christ • Satan and The Big Lie

Section II - Pulled Back From the Abyss of Suicide

10. A Young Life Gone Wrong
The Innocence is Gone • The Demons Whisper • Love’s First Embrace • Turning My Back on Virtue • At the Crossroads • Marital Infidelity • Unable to Accept Responsibility

11. My Dangerous Career in Corrections
The Reality of the Prison System • The Impossibility of Doing the Job • Destined to Be an Example • Serious Trouble Ahead • Death Threats on My Life

12. A Personal Life in Shambles
An Accidental Father • A New Personal Relationship • Graduation and a Fresh Start • The Fairy Tale Ends • Favorite Solace—Immorality • Still Searching for Juliet • Sanity—A Smoke Ring • Searching for Answers • Moving Closer to Insanity • A Whisper of Divine Intervention

13. The Birth of The Blue Knight for Christ
My Training Course • The Greatest Miracle of All • The Battle Ground Called Earth • The Victory • Closing Note

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An excerpt from FIND HAPPINESS! How to Fill the VOID in Your Life by LOOKING, FEELING, and LIVING BETTER! by Shawn Smith (Knight for Christ Publishing, 2007). Copyright © 2007 by Shawn Smith.

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