Having suffered from depression I was looking for a new way to look at life. This is the first self-help type book I bought, and it resonated with me. I have read it twice and still look through it when Im feeling a little down. It starts with the reasons we may find life hard, and goes into ways of making them easier by meditation (relaxation), visualisations and adopting the ethos that things happen for a reason even if we dont understand why at that moment. I found the book insightful and have adopted many of the practices laid out in the text, and it really is helping.