WHAT IS LIFE? WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
Subtitle: Book 1 in the trilogy of motivational nonfiction short stories to teach logic, creativity, new skills, and self-esteem that would change readers lives.
When attending a civil engineering university, the author lived an ordinary life of a college student. Fate interfered, ambushed her with life threatening events and monumental problems. Events transformed her from a shy, timid, low self-esteem young woman into a wise, knowledgeable risk taker who believes in herself.
In this book, Alla P. Gakuba expertly outlines the importance of understanding who are you, where to channel your energy, our mind is a tape recorder, how to believe in yourself, what is life, what is quality of life, and what is happiness.
Life is unpredictable. How someone’s life develops seems beyond someone’s control, as multiple factors influence and direct life.
Not happiness…Happiness seems to be predictable and can even be designed. One can observe how a child bursts into a happy smile many times a day, or adults jumping into the air upon hearing some joyous news. A man is sitting on a bench in a park soaking in the warm sun, relaxing, and happy.
Yes, it is happiness. But it is a flick of happiness, or glimmer that lasts moments. It comes and then disappears. So, what is true happiness that lasts months, or even years? How can one design this kind of lasting happiness?
After reading this book, you will become sophisticated and knowledgeable, will find the answer on how to live a purposeful life, and start on your journey to design and pursue your true lasting happiness that will change your life.
Books by Alla P. Gakuba, BSCE, MAS, Ph D, the trilogy. Each book has 20 nonfiction short stories:
Book 1: What Is Life? What Is Happiness?
Book 2: A Person Is a Product of Time, Place, and Circumstances.
Book 3: How to Design Innovations and Solve Business and Personal Problems.
Are available on Amazon and worldwide wherever books sold.
www.Alla PGakuba.com
Innehållsförteckning
TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT AUTHOR 1
PREFACE 5
A GUIDE TO READING THIS BOOK 9
SHORT STORY #1
WHAT IS LIFE? OR, NIGHTS OF CABIRIA 13
SHORT STORY #2
WHAT IS QUALITY OF LIFE? OR, A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN AN EAGLE AND A SNAKE 21
SHORT STORY #3
A FOOL AND A COMMON SENSE. OR, 5 DONUTS AND 1 BAGEL 31
SHORT STORY #4
THERE IS NO ROYAL ROAD TO KNOWLEDGE.
OR, A LESSON FROM ALEXANDER THE GREAT 37
SHORT STORY #5
EVERYONE HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY; IT ALL
DEPENDS WHERE YOU PUT OR CHANNEL IT 43
SHORT STORY #6
OUR MIND IS A TAPE RECORDER 52
SHORT STORY #7
WHAT IS HAPPINESS? OR, WHAT WERE
THE HAPPIEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE? 62
SHORT STORY #8
AFRICA: AN INTERRUPTED DREAM. OR, WONDERFUL LIFE
DISCOVERIES IN UGANDA, RWANDA, KENYA, AND TANZANIA 105
SHORT STORY #9
PASSION. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND ACHIEVE YOUR
DREAMS. AN UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON 120
SHORT STORY #10
WHY DO AFRICANS HAVE LESS HEART DISEASE,
DIABETES, AND CANCER? AND NO DEPRESSION,
OSTEOPOROSIS, ARTHRITIS, OR ASTHMA? 128
SHORT STORY #11
HONEY IS A MEDICINE 142
SHORT STORY #12
AFRICA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 148
SHORT STORY #13
WHAT WAS WORLD WAR II? WHO WON WORLD WAR II?
WHAT WAS THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR? 157
SHORT STORY #14
COWARDS. OR, BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER 186
SHORT STORY #15
NO MONEY, NO FUNNY. OR, FROM TO HOMEOWNERS 198
SHORT STORY #16
WHO ARE YOU? 208
SHORT STORY #17
WHO IS MORE INTELLIGENT? A PERSON OR A COMPUTER? 215
SHORT STORY #18
MY 2-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON PARIS’ WORLD 224
SHORT STORY #19
WHAT IS A LIFE SPAN? WHY MAN-MADE THINGS
DEPRECIATE AND NOT APPRECIATE? 232
SHORT STORY #20
ONLY ONE THING IN LIFE IS CONSTANT-CHANGE.
OR, RISE, FALL, AND DISAPPEARANCE OF EMPIRES
AND POWERFUL COUNTRIES 243
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 257
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 259
THE AUTHOR’S, ALLA P. GAKUBA, BSCE, MAS, Ph D,
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENGINEERING, TO NATIONAL
WEALTH, AND TO WOMEN: The Forces of Innovation…Conflict? 263
HAVE YOU READ? BOOKS BY ALLA P. GAKUBA, BSCE, MAS, Ph D 269
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