The Power of -Thank-You Discover the Joy of Gratitude by Joyce Meyer

 The Power of -Thank-You

Discover the Joy of Gratitude by Joyce Meyer is a new book that will be published soon by Faithwords.

I fell immediayely attracted by the title of this book because gratitude matters a lot and the goodness received by the people we know or that we have met along our existence is immensely important and must be remember for sure.

Twelve chapters in total, Joyce Meyer writes that ".... having a grateful heart has more power than we can imagine" adding that "Where goodness flows forth, thankfulness should also flow forth."

Everyone should be grateful when someone offers help, time, or makes a favor. Sometimes we don't feel this gratitude, but it is importan to persist, because gratitude means a lot of things: being content, and not constantly focused on ourselves.

Being grateful doesn't necessarely say that we should ask to God for more richness: God will give us what He wants when He thinks it is the time. Gratitude passes through the acceptance of what we have at the moment: our health, our good life, spent in peace, harmony and goodness.

When you see and read life with the lenses of gratitude, pessimism will fly away forever.

A quote by Gibran says: "The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose."

Do you see the rose or its horns?

Sure, sometimes seeing thorns and not the beauty of a rose is more...tempting and sometimes there are pretty difficult situations that can't let us believe anymore in good things, but once we will understand why there was a lot of sufferance and why our plans hadn't been evidently the one we wanted.

Let's remember also that "those who have received the most help will love the most" adds Meyer because goodness simply can't be forgotten.

In our existence  there are unexpected and unpleasant facts, but also unexpected blessing.

Also the personal story of Joyce Meyer hasn't been sunny at all (I didn't know that) because she was abused by her father and when she run away she didn't meet a great man. It was later that real happiness arrived, with a different stability in all senses.

It's important to use our words wisely, for trying to see the best of the existence, avoiding what it can put us down: gossip shouldn't exist. At the same time it would be important to keep a gratitude journal where to write something everyday: why are you grateful? For sure you will find a lot of reasons for being grateful.

The story of Esther, a Bible's book, the one of a girl who saved a lot of Jewish persecuted because a horrible man Haman, had said to the king that they had to be killed is just another example of great generosity and gratitude. 

Meyer, then reminds the beauty of the past: a past in which there was less, but where people were more rich internally and happy. It is true, I can tell you that. My parents lived with less less less facilities and progress than the ones that there are, and in poverty, but they have always been happy and cheerful. Progress under many ways broke the enchantment and equilibrism created very well and so strickly with nature by people.

Meyer writes: "The world was a fairly nice place when I was younger. Generally speaking, people had good manners, they

helped each other, and life was simple...and I think people enjoyed it then more than most enjoy it now." True.

What it is true, is that in our society we should be thankful for a lot of things and conditions: the peace we have, the freedom we have, conditions not seen by our parents if they were born in the 1920s1930s. They had seen a world war!

I want to close with this quote of the book that I hope will let you think with a gratitude spirit to the existence: "I will forever remain humble because I know I could have less. I will always be grateful because I know I’ve had less."

Beautiful book, grateful for it as well!

Highly recommended!

I thank the publishing house for the copy of the book.

Anna Maria Polidori