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I loved reading this book -- I've been thinking about it constantly the last two week as I've been reading. I'm also glad I picked it to read now, to help mentally prepare me for the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah was Sept 30, and Yom Kippur is Oct 9. I heard the author, Janice Kaplan, speak in mid-September, and she is just as expressive and funny in the book as she as in person. This book, which is a combination of memoir and study of the latest gratitude research (which is summarized in an extremely readable manner) is inspiring me to make gratitude a focus of my life this year to improve my appreciation of my life as well as my mental and physical wellness. Gratitude as Kaplan describes it is not being unrealistically optimistic, but my letting an attitude of gratitude shape how you respond to life's real challenges while appreciating the good things in your life.