Wayne Dyer is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of self-development. He is the author of more than 30 books. This handy paperback is a companion volume to Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao (2007). Dyer researched and read many translations of Lao Tzu's classic and then created his own commentary and spiritual practices on the 81 short verses. He calls it "a manual on the art of living." Here he presents on one side of the page verses from the Tao Te Ching and on the other side an appropriate affirmation to put it into practice.

Here is a sampler of modern affirmations based on Lao Tzu's ancient wisdom:

• "I know there is no way to happiness.
Happiness is the way."

• "I work at eliminating all my judgments of others."

• "I suspend my belief in opposites by seeing myself in all."

• "I choose to ignore the seductive lure of acquisition and fame."

• "I resist any brokenness by being flexible and bending when storms appear."

• "I practice living without limits by gathering virtue and modeling it."

• "I live the three treasures of mercy, frugality, and humility in all of my dealings with others."