Happiness seems the new Grail of our time. The more we look for it, the more elusive it seems. And it is that most of us seek an idealized happiness, impossible to achieve, a life without suffering, always positive emotions, a firm self-esteem and constant personal development; mirages that make us sadly self-centered and make us lose sight of what is essential: the possibility of being happy despite the vicissitudes of life.

Ilios Kotsou invites us to share the lucidity capable of disrupting these naive ideas and discovering the conditions for true happiness. With intelligence and humor he explains to us how a clairvoyant awareness opens us to tolerance, gentleness and a deeper understanding of our emotions. It is about accepting our vulnerability as a treasure, and discovering in ourselves an abiding joy, sustained by the beauty and real value of our lives.