The Gratitude Book Project: Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude

by Donna Kozik (Editor)

What are you grateful for? The assignment: Answer the question "What are you grateful for?" in 200 words or less. The result: 365 inspirational pieces, one for every day of the year, including: * The soldier who skipped his nightly run and saved his life * The nervous excitement of entering a classroom for the first time...as the teacher * The magic number tally of cars, kids and cats that make a marriage * The everyday front porch where everlasting love was found * The great vision and personal insights gained despite being blind * The treasured handwritten letters from grandparents to an 18-year-old college freshman * The dad who laughs so hard when telling a joke he can t get the punch line out And much more! There are stories of gratitude for our young and not-so-young bodies. The green lights giving us the okay for full speed ahead, and the red ones slowing us down so we can take a breath. Appreciation for refrigerators, red chairs and carrot cake. And the moms, dads, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters who bring smiles every day, plus the fur families of cats, dogs and bunnies who are the happy thoughts of life. There's even thankfulness for the trials that make us stronger. Read them all at once or day by day and enjoy the stories, the laughs and the moments celebrating gratitude. What are you grateful for?

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Ebooks, Religion

458 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 2012

About the author

Also publishes under Danielle Guérin.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading the short inspirational stories each day about thankfulness

[Urs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was one of three devotionals that I read in 2015. I have been trying to incorporate a more conscious practice of gratitude into my life, and I thought that this book would help and inspire me. This is a collection of short daily musings of gratitude from various writers. I read this book, for the most part, as it was intended by reading one a day on the assigned day. Every once in a while, I got behind, and would just double or triple up when necessary.

A few of these were inspiring and quite awesome. My favorite was from February 23rd. The time that I really remembered to implement the practice mentioned on that day made such a difference in my days and in the days of others, I believe. June 3rd gives a good description of why a life of gratitude is so important. While these were some of the stand out readings, far too many of these were a little too new age like and spacey for me. Like many books of this nature, it was a mixed bag. Still, I think that it was worth it for the hidden gems.

This book was a free download from the Amazon kindle store.

[Sarah Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

I just couldn't get into it. I was hoping by the title and description that it would be various ideas/prompts for ways of showing gratitude whether it be in daily actions or journaling exercises. Alas, no it is just random peoples stories/gratitude's one for each day of the year. Glad I checked it out from the library vs buying it or I would be sad to have wasted my money.

[LuAnn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book. A little change in focus can bring about a big change in your life.