{"product_id":"a-grateful-heart-9781684817795","title":"A Grateful Heart","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCelebrate the Human Experience by Giving Thanks at Mealtime. Try It!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCount your blessings.\u003c\/strong\u003e Today there is a deep hunger for connection with ourselves, with nature, and with the process of birth and death itself says life coach and author M. J. Ryan, creator of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling \u003cem\u003eRandom Acts of Kindness\u003c\/em\u003e series. What her book, \u003cem\u003eA Grateful Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, is offering from a wide variety of spiritual disciplines and secular perspectives, is a way of satisfying that hunger by setting aside time before we eat to acknowledge the blessings in our lives. When we give thanks, we take our place in the great wheel of life, recognizing our connection to one another and to all of creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoose from 365 blessings and give thanks.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Grateful Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is a tool to help readers reclaim and enrich the tradition of pausing before the evening meal to give thanks. Drawing from a range of religious and cultural practices, the 365 blessings in this book celebrate friendship, love, peace, reconciliation, the body, nature, joy, and appreciation of the moment. This illustrated feast for the mind includes quotations from Martin Luther King Jr., Thich Nhat Hanh, Gandhi, Rumi, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Denise Levertov, the Bible, and the Tao Te Ching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM. J. Ryan wrote \u003cem\u003eA Grateful Heart\u003c\/em\u003e to encourage families to share the experience of being part of something greater than themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e With that in mind, the book includes 365 traditional and nontraditional blessings organized into four sections corresponding to the seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperience the blessings in \u003cem\u003eA Grateful Heart\u003c\/em\u003e in a variety of ways:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust open it and begin reading one-a-day in the order given\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse the index to pick and choose topics of interest that day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen at random and read what is offered\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have benefited from books such as \u003cem\u003eEarth Prayers\u003c\/em\u003e, M. J. Ryan’s \u003cem\u003eAttitudes of Gratitude\u003c\/em\u003e, Don Miguel Ruiz’s \u003cem\u003ePrayers\u003c\/em\u003e, June Cotner’s \u003cem\u003eGraces\u003c\/em\u003e, or Marcia M. Kelly’s \u003cem\u003e100 Graces\u003c\/em\u003e; you and your family will love M. J. Ryan’s \u003cem\u003eA Grateful Heart\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M.J. Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48305213964539,"sku":"9781684817795","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781684817795.jpg?v=1772486216","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/a-grateful-heart-9781684817795","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}