Curious Turtle is content eating his berries until he sees animal friends, Leaping Frog and Fluttering Butterfly, doing exciting things, such as jumping and soaring. He starts to wonder in his round shell what it is about him that is special and that brings as much happiness as being able to spring or fly. He decides to embark on a journey to find happiness, seeking advice from many of his wilderness friends until he finds happiness in a place he never dreamt of before.

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Advance Praise for A Happy Journey We could all do with a little Larry in our lives. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. May you relish every word as I did. Dr. Martha Lee, Clinical Sexologist, Eros Coaching, Singapore The stories he shares are all around us; they are in everyone we meet and interact with. Larrys true gift isnt the great friend he is or the fine example of an American that he is, but rather the storyteller, traveler, and humanist. Captain Kurt Hummeldorf, DC, USN, Manassas, Virginia Larrys book is provocative and captivating reading. He has an unusual power of observation, a love for people, and an enthusiasm for adventure. Jacqueline Delaverdac DeMent, Kalamazoo, Michigan Part travelogue, part geography and history lesson, and all mixed with subtle humor, A Happy Journey captures the experiences of author Larry Welch. An expatriate living in Singapore and Thailand who traveled to many countries, Welch narrates tales about real people who seem to be a degree removed from the ordinary. The fifty-three vignettes, first appearing in his electronic column, On the run , reflect humanitys rich diversityfrom entertaining ghosts to riding camels to monkeys begging for peanuts on a hotel balcony in Malaysia.

Have a Safe Journey is a collection of short stories on road safety. It attempts to make readers realise the importance of road safety, not through boring guidelines, rules and regulations.. but through interesting stories that will force you to be always careful on the road. This book is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Mahindra Truck and Bus Division and Natural Habitat Preservation Centre. Includes stories by bestselling writers Ashwin Sanghi, Anand Neelakantan, Kiran Manral, Shinie Antony, Priyanka Sinha Jha and Pankaj Dubey. The book is the first compilation of short stories on road safety in India. Includes 25 stories of pain, loss and hope, that make the readers realise the dangers of drunken driving, talking on the phone while driving, speeding, importance of wearing helmets and seatbelts, use of a baby seat, etc. The stories also talk about the importance of helping road accident victims and being a good Samaritan instead of running away from accident sites. The stories are not preachy; instead they use humour, wit, tragedy, horror and futuristic ideas to encourage readers to observe traffic rules and drive safe.

Have you ever sat with someone as they were dying and wished that you could make it a better experience? Helping others face death with dignity and positivity is an act of profound kindness that also helps give the caregiver a chance to come to terms with this critical moment in our life’s journey. Felicity Warner reveals her guide to the unique experience of death in A Safe Journey Home, based on years of experience in hospice care. This essential guide will tell you all you need to know to help a loved one or friend to die gently and with dignity once medicine has reached its limits. You can honour their experience and nurture it, by giving them all your attention, kindness and love. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations that will act as a comfort to all those experiencing death or bereavement, this book is a powerful guide to a subject that affects us all.

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.