Finding Peace: Why Happiness Isn't the Goal - and Never Was, (Paperback)

<p>Why Happiness Isn't the Goal - and Never Was</p><p>For years, we've been told that happiness is the destination.</p><p>That if we work hard enough, heal enough, believe enough, or wait long enough, life will eventually reward us with a lasting sense of contentment.</p><p></p><p>But what if happiness was never meant to carry that weight?</p><p>In Finding Peace, Keith Thorn offers a quiet, deeply honest exploration of what remains when happiness proves unreliable-and what becomes possible when we stop chasing it altogether.</p><p></p><p>This is not a book about positive thinking.</p><p>It is not a guide to emotional optimization.</p><p>And it is not a promise that life will resolve if you just do the right things.</p><p></p><p>Instead, Finding Peace speaks to those who have done the work, carried the responsibility, stayed faithful, endured the waiting-and still find themselves asking: </p><p>Why does peace feel so elusive, even when life hasn't fallen apart?</p><p></p><p>Through reflective storytelling and thoughtful insight, Thorn explores: </p><ul><li>Why happiness is conditional-and why peace is not</li><li>How waiting, striving, and endurance quietly erode our inner lives</li><li>The difference between faith and expectation</li><li>What it really means to let go without giving up</li><li>How trust changes when reassurance disappears</li><li>Why peace often feels like loss before it feels like freedom</li></ul><p></p><p>Rather than offering answers, this book offers orientation.</p><p>It invites the reader to step out of constant negotiation with life-to stop bracing, fixing, and waiting for permission to rest. Peace, Thorn suggests, does not arrive when circumstances improve. It appears when resistance quiets.</p><p></p><p>Written with clarity, restraint, and emotional intelligence, Finding Peace is for readers who: </p><ul><li>Are tired of chasing emotional highs</li><li>Have outgrown motivational optimism</li><li>Want depth without dogma</li><li>Are learning to live with unanswered questions</li><li>Are seeking steadiness rather than solutions</li></ul><p></p><p>This book does not rush toward conclusions.</p><p>It stays. And in staying, it creates space-for honesty, for grief, for trust without armor, and for a peace that does not depend on happiness to survive.</p><p></p><p>If you've ever felt that something essential was missing-even in good seasons-Finding Peace may help you recognize what has been quietly present all along.</p>

• Finding Peace: Why Happiness Isn't the Goal - and Never Was, (Paperback)
• Author: Keith Thorn
• ISBN: 9798240947254
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-11
• Page Count: 410