November Thankful Reads
Posted on November 14, 2017
by Amy H
Whether or not one chooses to gorge on Thanksgiving, fall is a fantastic time to reflect upon the importance of gratitude in our lives. We so often get bogged down in what is “wrong” and needs fixing – take a moment to balance that load and consider the many (many, MANY) good things we have, big and small, to help us through each day. Here are a few ideas to get us started ….
Holiday Cookbooks We Are Thankful to Have
Thanksgiving-themed Reads
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Spirituality of Gratitude: The Unexpected Blessings of Thankfulness by Joshua Choonmin Kang
In fifty-two short reflections on spirituality and gratitude, pastor and bestselling author Joshua Choonmin Kang invites us to be thankful at every moment in our lives, especially in the hard times, “Gratitude heals us and holds us, tethering us to one another, offering us joy and strength.” |
Want Not by Jonathan Miles
On Thanksgiving Day a freegan couple living off the grid in Manhattan, a once prominent linguist struggling with midlife, and a New Jersey debt-collection magnate with a second chance at getting things right randomly and briefly collide as the weight of their desires ultimately undoes each of them, leaving them to pick up the pieces from what’s left behind. |
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Ties That Bind: Stories of Love & Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps edited by Dave Isay
Print | Audio | Pocket Audio StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the oral history project’s archives, collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bonds of friendship and love. Between blood relations, friends, coworkers and neighbors, in the most trying circumstances and in the unlikeliest of places, enduring connections are formed and lives are forever changed. |
365 Gratefuls: Celebrating Treasures, Big and Small by Hailey and Andrew Bartholomew
Based on a year-long project in which the author took a daily Polaroid of something she was grateful for, this pictorial highlights all the small, and sometimes overlooked, things that make life worth living. |
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Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
Sacks’ meditation on why life enthralled him even as he faced his impending death, and how to live the richest and deepest way possible continues to inspire. “My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” |
The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking On the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life by Janice Kaplan
Recounts how the author spent a year living gratefully, drawing on advice from psychologists, academics, doctors, and philosophers to gain a fresh outlook that transformed her relationships, work, health, and daily life. |
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