R. Mahesh khanna's Key Ideas from Acts of Enjoyment
by Thomas Joseph Rickert

Why are today's students not realizing their potential as critical thinkers? Although educators have, for two decades, incorporated contemporary cultural studies into the teaching of composition and rhetoric, many students lack the powers of self-expression that are crucial for effecting social change. _Acts of Enjoyment_ presents a critique of current pedagogies and introduces a psychoanalytical approach in teaching composition and rhetoric.

Some people believe that to enjoy life, they need to do things like:

• Earn more money
• Have the perfect relationship or friends
• Become well-respected or famous

However, plenty of people have these things and more and are still unhappy.

The Vietnamese monk and 'father of mindfulness,' Thích Nhất Hạnh, wrote, "So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now."

But if there are already so many things to enjoy in life, why don't we enjoy every day?

Because learning how to enjoy life takes practice