Synopsis
This life-affirming book will inspire you to reflect upon and document your feelings of gratitude and appreciation for the gifts of intuitive insights, “coincidences,” beauty, growth, accomplishment, help and support, and day-to-day miracles that occur in your life. It will help you focus your thoughts and perceptions in a positive direction, reframe negative events in terms of the growth and benefits they allow and consider alternatives to scarcity consciousness and victim thinking. Includes 12 thought-provoking sections with brief introductions and instructions, relevant quotations, and brief stories for inspiration and guidance. If you love to journal— or have been wanting to start— you will turn again and again to Magic, Miracles & Synchronicity as a source of gratitude in your life. Chapters include: Section I: Concrete, Tangible Blessings Daily Riches: The convenience, beauty and abundance of material possessions; prosperity. Wonder All Around: Beauty in the environment; sensory and visual abundance. Angels in Disguise: The people in our lives and the help, comfort, love and guidance they offer. Section II: Abstract, Intangible Blessings The Pleasures of Service: Experiencing the gift of giving, helping, reaching out; forgiveness. Magic, Miracles and Synchronicity: Surprise calls or encounters, magical intervention, gifts. Dreams and Visions: Images or messages, thoughts, inspiration, imagination and gut feelings. Wish List: Abundance and possibilities; receiving and deserving; goals and desires. The Joy of Creation: Creating love, joy, comfort, beauty, safety, magic, miracles and synchronicity. Section III: Very Personal Blessings The Gift of Perspective: Positive changes and improvements in life, lifestyle, habits, thinking. A Pat on the Back: Personal achievements, accomplishments, development and growth. The Miracle in the Mirror: Valuing the physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, creative self. Section IV: Life Experience Blessings Silver Linings: The positive outcomes of negative experiences and events. This book also includes Angel Certificates to give to the “angels” in your life, Service Certificates to complete as a promise some gift of service, and information on starting and running a Gratitude Group. NOTE to teachers, counselors, youth group leaders, home-schooling parents: Each chapter in this book contains activities and informaion that can be used with kids, Grades 5 and up.
About the Author
Jane Bluestein, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized educator, writer and speaker. An expert in the field of adult-child relationships, Jane’s work includes a strong emphasis on self-care, self-acknowledgment and personal growth. She is a frequent guest expert on radio and television worldwide, and is the author of numerous books, including The Win-Win Classroom; High School’s Not Forever; Creating Emotionally Safe Schools; Mentors, Masters and Mrs. MacGregor: Stories of Teachers Making a Difference; Parents, Teens and Boundaries and The Parent’s Book of Lists: Dos and Don’ts of Effective Parenting. Like her coauthors, Jane has spent much of her adult life on a personal and spiritual journey. Judy Lawrence, M.S. Ed., is a Financial Counselor/Coach and popular speaker on basic money management with over 25 years of experience helping individuals, families and small businesses get the most out of managing their money. As the author of the 450,000+ copy bestseller The Budget Kit: Common Cent$ and The Money Tracker: Find the Cash to Get What You Really Want, Vol. 2, and a contributing author to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Judy has helped thousands nationwide take control of their finances in a practical, balanced and user-friendly way. She has been a featured guest on numerous TV and radio shows, and has often been and continues to be quoted and reviewed in national family, business and financial publications and websites. Judy’s personal journey includes a six-month, mid-career solo adventure through Africa and Europe to reflect upon and reassess her values and priorities, which resulted in learning to appreciate each day and being grateful for the unfolding of each moment. SJ Sanchez, M.P.A., has worked in social services for over twenty years, in areas including health, mental health and education. She has worked as a stockbroker specializing in socially responsible investing and was recently integral to the formation of the largest family foundation in New Mexico, where she helped plot the course of future grantmaking for 200 to 300 nonprofit organizations. She has a master’s degree in public administration, which she completed as a single mother of three children. She has lived and traveled throughout the world, and has been honored many times for her dedication to issues in the communities in which she has lived. Her recognitions include being selected for the National Hispana Leadership Institute in 1990.
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