A collection of 101 inspiring stories by people who have changed their lives for the better by actively practicing gratitude, by saying thanks, and by stopping and thinking about their blessings, even on a bad day

Turning up the volume / Mary C.M. Phillips -- Beauty of age spots / Connie K. Pombo -- Perfect home / Jody E. Lebel -- Thanks for messing up my life / Richard Weinman -- My answered prayer / Nancy E. Goodfellow -- Midnight runs / Thom Schwarz -- Because of Facebook / Kathe Kokolias -- Gifts from dark places / Katie O'Connell -- Million-dollar moments / Judy O'Kelley -- Standing out / Jay Seate -- Right place / Thomas Behnke -- Couch and the grouch / Cathy Mogus -- Note to self / Alicia Rosen -- Two seconds on the microwave / Savannah Dee -- Something about Mary / Debbie Acklin -- Grateful chauffeur / Mary E. Laufer -- My wiser self / Dorann Weber -- My renewed joy / Janet Perez Eckles -- Body beautiful / Carole Brody Fleet -- Blessed list / Linda Newton -- Gratitude is an action / Cara Rifkin -- Finding five / Helen F. Wilder -- A gift returned / Lindy Schneider -- Out of darkness / Christian Conte -- Summer that almost wasn't / Carolyn Roy-Bornstein -- Blessings box / Jennifer Reed -- In thanks for what we have / Annmarie B. Tait -- Third sentence / Michelle Mach -- Grateful list / Lynn Johnson -- Rumbling / Katie Bangert -- Fly me to the moon / Anita Daswani -- Every day is a good day / Trisha Faye -- A big heart / Johnny Wessler -- Sometimes it takes a child / Elizabeth Atwater -- Really bad, sad, rotten year / Monica A. Andermann -- Why didn't I think of that? / Eileen Melia Hession -- Thank you is enough / April Knight -- A wedding and a funeral / Cindy Hval -- Road to forgiveness / Gwen Daye -- A brighter future / Lorraine Cannistra -- Have a day! / Sharon Fuentes -- Antidote for first-world problems / Diane Stark -- Being happy is enough / Kathleen M. Bast -- A stroke of blessings / Kathy Shiels Tully -- A stroke of blessings / Kathy Shiels Tully -- Broken gifts / Alice Luther -- Family meeting / Joy Cook -- Nine things we like about you / Laura Snell -- Vanquishing the dragon / Pat Wahler -- Thank you for the reminder / Andrea Fortenberry -- Trying destiny / Joyce Newman Scott -- Question / Haylie Smart