No need to read 'The Book of Joy.' This kid's got you covered.

The secret revealed.

We hope you kept the gift receipt for The Book of Joy because this kid's hooking us up with the SparkNotes version.

Instagram user Sam Woulidge uploaded a precious video of her son, Seb, pretending to read the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu's latest self-help book.

"Reading" the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates' wisdom from the publication, Seb instructs us to be very kind to animals, sleep, read books and, most of all (be sure to write this one down), play.

We're not sure that this reading is verbatim, but it sounds like Seb has this whole life thing figured out.

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