We know that being mindful and thankful for the present moment can have a lasting impact on our lives, but it can be difficult to tune out the many distractions and focus on what is most important to us. Let this list be the guide you need to create a daily gratitude practice in your life. These books about gratitude are perfect as we get closer to the Thanksgiving season, and all year round!

I don’t know about you, but I know sometimes I really struggle with discontentment. Most times it lingers in the background and thankfulness is stronger. And then there are those days that I feel more like a green envy monster that wants everything I don’t have. Like my neighbor’s car, my friend’s house, the bigger …

Children's books about being thankful. #books

These picture books about gratitude show kids how to say "thank you" and develop a general gratitude practice.

14 Picture Books to Teach Gratitude #kidlit #thankfulness #thankful

The Gratitude Diaries PDF By:Janice KaplanPublished on 2015-08-18 by PenguinIn this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work and health. Her pioneering reseach was praised in People and Vanity Fair and hailed on TV shows including Today, The O’Reilly Factor, and CBS’s The Talk. On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade Editor-in-Chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and look on the bright side…

We need to see gratitude as the ancients saw it—as a human virtue that requires a lifetime of intentional cultivation. Here's how to do it.