Pat Corbitt's storytelling career began some fifty years ago as a "Singing Friar," and leader of a group of Franciscan folksingers who told stories in song on television, in grammar schools, old folks homes, hospitals, and college campuses throughout the Eastern United States. Pat ultimately left the Franciscans on the best of terms and has remained a follower of St. Francis ever since. He has devoted his life to producing, writing and directing all sorts of broadcast television, film and transmedia. "Being Happy in a Crappy World" is Pat's first professional venture into religious writing. It was written as a response to the Faithful who have attended the many scripture studies, religious education classes and convocations, and gatherings of Catholic Christians that he has conducted or participated in over the years. A father of 4 and grandfather of 5 (and counting), Pat has shared a beautiful marriage of some 47 years with Carol, his college sweetheart. Pat plans a series of books on contemporary Catholics, Faith and their families in the 21st Century. "Being Happy in a Crappy World" sets the tone and the pace for those works that will follow.