Do you wake up every day with a sense of purpose, inner-peace, and knowledge that you are living your very best life? Most believe that "success" has to do with one's wealth or accomplishments. Not so, says author and father YPR, who explains in these two fascinating letters to his children that it is not what you achieve in life, rather how you live your life that determines your ultimate success.

Your emotional state and the noble actions you choose to take each day are at the very basis of your success as a human being. The ideal state of emotional fulfillment is what the author refers to as Happiness. The ideal form of noble day-to-day action is what he calls Heroism.

"Happiness & Heroism: The School of Being, The School of Doing" is a two-book series consisting of two letters from a father to his children that impart lessons on loving life and walking a noble path. This is the first book in the series, The School of Being, that teaches the philosophy of the fundamental goodness of existence; mindfulness of true reality; humanity's innate tendencies to feel stress, fear, anger, boredom, and depression-and the antidote. The second book in the series (not yet released), "The School of Doing" will teach how and why to choose one's actions with purpose, thoughtfulness, and based upon principles that can be continually refined as wisdom is amassed throughout one's lifetime.

Many years ago, the author exchanged correspondences with legendary writer Kurt Vonnegut on the very same subject matter, in which Mr. Vonnegut wrote, "Dear YPR, The toughest part of my job is dealing with people who write better and think more clearly that I do. You may already know that Nietzsche said that only people of deep faith can afford the luxury of skepticism. This could explain your aplomb and mine in the midst of moral chaos."