Living Life as a Thank You
The Transformative Power of Daily Gratitude
Giving thanks makes us happier, more resilient, strengthens our relationships, and reduces our stress. In ancient Roman times, Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” Having an attitude of gratitude is not new advice, but in our fast paced 21st century lives, we need extra reminders to get in touch with the essence of life before our lives fast forward to our final days.
Living as if each day was a thank you can help transform our fears into courage, our anger into forgiveness, our isolation into belonging and another’s pain into healing. Saying thank you every day will create feelings of love, compassion and hope.
Authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons
show readers by powerful examples and moving stories how to focus
on the good while putting the bad on the back burner. By making a
daily concerted effort, we all can look for the good and be
thankful for it. Don't focus on what you don't have. Think
about what you do have and smile, always smile. Once we look for
the positive, we immediately become fresher, younger and more
alive.
Both authors will be conducting book tours throughout the upcoming month of November for this newly released book:
MARY BETH SAMMONS is an award-winning journalist and author who is grateful to be welcomed into the lives of those she writes about who are experiencing the ups and downs of handling life, parenting, and caregiving in Family Circle, the Chicago Tribune's lifestyle section, and on various online health and wellness websites. The author of seven books in the women's self-help and health and wellness fields, including We Carry Each Other: Getting Through Life's Toughest Times; My Family: Collected Memories; and Gifts with Heart. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her children.
11/7/09 Barnes & Noble: 297 Oakbrook Center, Oakbrook, Il 3:30PM
11/12/09 Women & Children First: 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 7:30PM
11/20/09 Borders: 144 Lake St., Oak Park, IL 7PM
NINA LESOWITZ is a gratitude practictioner in the San Francisco Bay Area. A volunteer for literacy organizations, she also runs Spinergy Group which represents authors and corporate clients as well as non profits. The recipient of numerous awards and tributes including a national award for excellence in media relations, Nina is co-author of the bestselling book, The Party Girl Cookbook. She becomes more thankful each passing day for the myriad blessings in her life.
10/29/09 Books Inc.: 1344 Park St., Alameda, CA 7:30PM
11/6/09 Great Good Place for Books: 6120 LaSalle Ave., Monclair Villiage, Oakland, CA 7PM
11/12/09 Green Apple Books: 506 Clement St, San Franciscoo, CA 7PM
11/14/09 Book Lovers Bookstore: 5800 Madison Ave # W, Sacramento, CA 1PM
11/20/09 The Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA 7PM
