Every Day Thankful

365 Blessings, Graces and Gratitudes

By: Becca Anderson

Narrated by: Rinelle Harkin

Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Daily reflections. Inspirational prayers for every day of the year

Relationship prayers: This lovely book, Every Day Thankful: 365 Blessing, Graces and Gratitudes, can be used as a book of graces to share over the evening meal, as a hostess gift, or for daily reflection. Sharing gratitude is one of the most powerful ways to create close relationships. By praying together at the daily meal with these gratitudes, you have a happier family and become bonded together by blessings. Add the joy of living in thankfulness by incorporating daily reflections and inspirational prayers into your plan for each day.

Prayers before meals: In today's frenetic world, the common experience of sharing the evening meal can restore a sense of community and humanity to society. More important, the blessing of the meal fosters in us a sense of gratitude for the gifts we have been given. This collection of 365 blessings - ranging from the words of Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh and Abraham Lincoln to Maya Angelou and Oprah will bring joy to the shared experience of breaking bread.

Daily reflections: Author Becca Anderson grew up with graces, spoken blessings, and relationship prayers every day at the family table, noting, "We looked forward to it every day and it got us through everything, good times and bad. I believe wholeheartedly that counting your blessings and prayers of gratitude will bring loved ones together and adds so much joy to life."

Inspirational prayers: Becca Anderson’s curated collection of the world’s wisdom traditions celebrates the connections between grace and gratitude. The book includes a wide selection of blessings, graces, and gratitudes including:

• devotionals for women
• relationship prayers
• prayers for giving thanks
• devotionals for men

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Gratitude

This audiobook offers variety of strategies to cultivate and express gratitude in our daily lives. In addition to the spiritual benefits to showing gratitude, there are apparently health benefits gained as well when we show gratitude- which, if you think about it, makes total sense.

In addition to the strategies that are shared, the author provides an abundance of "quotable quotes" on thankfulness and gratitude. Although I enjoyed hearing the strategies, I preferred the quotes on gratitude. Some of my favorites are below:

*Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others (Cicero)
*They do not love that do not show their love (Shakespeare)
*I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet (Persian proverb)
*If you cannot be grateful for what you have received, then be thankful for what you have been spared (Yiddish proverb)
*Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things (Robert Bralt)

Humility is one the most important qualities that a person can possess, and gratitude is the cornerstone of humility. This is an excellent audiobook for keeping gratitude top-of-mind, and it gives us practical strategies for cultivating and expressing gratitude in our daily lives.

I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review.