What would happen if you made gratitude your focal point for one full year? With "Living in Gratitude, " Angeles Arrien invites you to find out. Integrating the latest teachings from social science with stories, prayers, and practices from cultures and traditions spanning the globe, she presents a 12-month plan for making gratitude your foundation for daily living. Opening with themes such as Beginning Anew and The Power of Equanimity and progressing to Letting Be and Letting Go, The Mystic Heart, and more, readers will steep themselves in the parent of all virtues, exploring: ?- How to overcome habitual tendencies toward envy, comparison, and narcissism;?- Blessings, learnings, mercies, and protections---the four portals to the grateful heart, and how to cultivate these key entryways in our work, relationships, health, finances, and personal growth;?- Journaling and reflection exercises, perennial and indigenous wisdoms, and universal practices for every season and situation. The practice of gratitude bestows many benefits, writes Angeles Arrien. Anger, arrogance, and jealousy melt in its embrace. Fear and defensiveness dissolve. Gratitude diminishes barriers to love and evokes happiness, keeping alive what has meaning for us. "Living in Gratitude, " is a dependable resource for making this cherished virtue your guiding light along life s journey. Praise for "Living in Gratitude " The daily practice of gratitude will enhance the quality of every aspect of your life, including better health, more fulfilling relationships, and greater financial abundance. This book is the best manual I have ever come across to show you how. I highly recommend it Jack Canfield, coauthor of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul "series and "The Success Principles" Having written about and practiced gratitude for over a decade, I felt there was nothing else to say about the topic. Then I read Living in Gratitude. Angeles takes the practice of thankfulness to a whole new level. Month by month, she guides us with questions and reflections to use gratefulness to grow spiritually in work, finances, health, and relationships. I give thank to her and to this book. M.J. Ryan, author of "Attitudes of Gratitude" and A "Grateful Heart" Are you exhausted? Disheartened? Worried? Please do yourself a favor and read this book. Please allow this heart food to feed you at the deepest levels of your being. This is more than a book it is a manual for living a life that you love and that matters, a life of savoring and serving, a life or inter-communication and grace. Please, let yourself be fed. Jennifer Louden, author of "The Woman s Comfort Book" and "The Life Organizer" Angeles Arrien is one of the most gifted and generous teachers of our time. She brings forward the perennial wisdom of traditional cultures and gives it accessible, pragmatic application that is essential to the health of our contemporary society. Angeles Arrien is a rare and true wise elder. She embodies what she teaches. Frank Ostaseski, founder and director of the Metta Institutue Contents 1) January: Begin Anew Four Concerns of Soul Making Hopi Reminders for Starting Anew Renewed Innocence: Five Qualities of Children 2) February: Attend to the Heart The Four Chambered Heart - Spoken and Non-spoken Verses of Love Dalai Lama s Practice of Cherishing Self and Others 3) March: Compassionate Service Five Principles of Compassionate Service Luck: Where Opportunity and Preparedness Intersect Nabakov s Thrill of Gratitude 4) April: Mercy and Atonement Spirituality of Empathy States of Ingratitude The Cultivation of Mercy and Forgiveness 5) May: The Gift of Grace Grace, Gravitas, and Gratitude Memorial Day and Aboriginal Dreamtime Nine Practices of Excellence from Japan 6) June: The Power of Equanimity Balance, Equanimity, and Renewal Japanese Practice of Naiken The Practice and Identification ofEquanimity 7)July: Embracing Nature Four Natural Qualities for Survival Nature s Three Laws of Governance Four Soul Retrieval Places in Nature 8) August: Cultivating Peace Embracing Nonviolence: The Quaker Queries Shifting Our Relationship to Conflict: Questions from the Talmud Three Guidelines for Fair Fighting 9) September: Opening to Guidance and Wisdom Seven Outer Practices of Highly Effective People Seven Internal Practices for Developing Spirituality and Character Five Principles of Optimum Health 10) October: Letting Be and Letting GoDeeper Lessons of Living and Being Human Longings and Belongings Community and Celebration: Being a Social Architect 11) November: Grateful Seeing The Breath of Thanks Practice Indigenous Giveaway Practices Grateful Seeking: Looking for Goodness and What Is Working 12) December: The Mystic Heart The Holidays and the Mystic Heart Two Kinds of Gratitude Gift-Giving and Royal Generosity"