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Quiet magic a parable about finding happiness paperback october 1 2006 by pauline mckinnon author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Jimmy candlestick is a modern boy who lives in a high rise apartment block and whose life is surrounded by electronic gadgetry it is only when jimmy falls ill and is whisked away to the country to stay with old mrs fender that he experiences open spaces fresh air and nature he is taught to. Happiness during the stress and uncertainty of covid 19 can seem elusive heres how scientists writers comedians a yoga teacher and others are finding glimmers of it. I read this parable on happiness in a book on entrepreneurship where to find the secret to a happy life there is a native american story about how god went about deciding where to hide the secret to a happy life from humans god gathered t. I once heard a story from the 1849 gold rush that teaches an important lesson about our search for happiness oftentimes we are like the young merchant from boston who in 1849 as the story goes was caught up in the fervor of the california gold rush he sold all of his possessions to seek his fortune in the california rivers which he was told were filled with gold nuggets so big that