Review: Beautiful and Inspirational Stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2012
One way to live life to the fullest is to live each day with a grateful heart, says Shelley Hitz in this inspirational book.It is of course more difficult than it seems, especially for those, like me, who are sometimes more inclined to face modern life with a cynical heart. But, when done properly, it can be terribly liberating.This book contains 21 stories of gratitude from different authors, designed to encourage us in our efforts to accept God's amazing love for us, and to reflect it through a daily attitude of grateful living.Each story will affect you in a slightly different way. My favourite was one of the shortest and simplest in the collection, "Gratitude Saved the Day," about a mother and daughter whose camping trip was interrupted by a wild storm. Instead of packing up and heading home in the middle of the night they decided instead to take turns saying prayers of gratitude."And as we did, a peace began to settle over us and we fell asleep. The storm raged most of the night, lasting 12 hours altogether. We woke up several times and even slept in the car for a while, but we never again thought of going home because the prayers of gratitude had changed our attitude. Instead of complaining, we began to laugh and see the storm as a new camping adventure!"This whole book is full of more such quietly beautiful stories. If you are afflicted by storms raging in your life, then read it, and see if you too emerge with a change in attitude.Please note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.