The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude

I get one of these each year since I discovered them. Sometimes when I don't feel like I have anything to be thankful for, I look at the entries at the beginning of the book and realize that I do have a lot to be thankful for. I keep it on the side table by the recliner and sometimes if I'm feeling down I'll look at those entries and remember I'm lucky to be healthy and have enough to be comfortable in life...a lot of people don't have that. Keep these books coming.

I have been completing these for the past 15 years. Each day before you go to sleep, list five things that happened that day for which you were grateful, nothing bad only the good. On New Years day read your journal from the previous year, you will be amazed at what a wonderful year you had! Life is about gratitude my friends!

I read Sarah's books when they first came out years ago and found them helpful. I have been wanting a nightly gratitude journal for a bit and was glad to have stumbled on this. I love that this journal has only a few lines per day. That way I don't feel like I'm grasping to think of things to write and journaling doesn't feel like a chore.Now I need a second one to start the day!

This journal inspires gratitude and helps you focus on being grateful...for the little things, for experiences, for just every single day--without being glitzy, preachy, or even dripping with guilt syrup. It has a guide in the beginning with the author's own list--then it gives you quotes all through it at the top of the page. Room for five items each day and an entire page (plus!) for the end of a month. Five items--short and to the point. Hardbound--nice size. Best journal for gratitude I've ever had so far.

This was my first gratitude journal and I loved it. It got me doing daily gratitudes for the last several years. I'm now gifting one to my niece. I like her examples of the things we can be grateful for that we might not even think about. I also like her quotes, just the right balance of practical and reverential.

I like the journal very much. My only hesitation about it is how small the space is. One is really limited to a few "thankfulness" items per day. I find myself writing out of the lines, as some things (the most important) are still the things each day I am most grateful for, but I have other more transitory things that come up, too. I am thus torn between the boringness of saying the big things over and again and the fleetingness of many of the new things (e.g., a beautiful sunset). Trying to balance these is the impetus to wishing for just a bit more space.

I've been using this gratitude journal for well over a decade, ordering a new one every year. Last year, I skipped it and tried to just write my entries in my iPad. It didn't work. I skipped it way too many dates. Love this and will continue to use it year after year. I then review all my gratitudes for the year at the end of the year.

Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach in a wonderful book about being thankful for the little things in life, finding gratitude in each day and this companion journal with it's pages of short inspirations give the owner room to write in their own daily gratitude...I have owned many of these journals and keep them to reflect on year after year...It allows me to see where I have been and how much I have grown...The journal is dated with the days of each month but not by year or days of the week, allowing the owner to start at any date to begin...It is not a full page of journal space, just a few lines so that regardless of how busy or hectic a day can be, the writer can jot down at least one thing to be grateful for each day...It helps keep the writer "grounded" with compassion and thankful for each day...

I have kept these journals for over 12 years. They contribute greatly to my happiness, forcing me to focus on what was great about each day.....even on rougher days.

I did not know therer was suah a book as I have the manual so I am eagerly awaiting January to start using.

I would recommend this little book to anyone. It helps me to remain focused by the little verses and to also write down the things in my life that I am truly grateful for.Thanks to Sarah for yet another book that has proved very beneficial at a very stressful time in my life.

Excellent book

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