Author: Mary HodgkinPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330416792
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Excerpt from A Diary for the Thankful-Hearted, 1922 "A Diary for the Thankful-hearted" is chiefly Greeting of Sympathy and Hope to intended for those who find it difficult to be cheerful under the circumstances in which they are placed. It owes its origin to a day in my own life when tiredness and pain were getting the better of courage. The idea then came to me of writing down, each evening, at least one thing for which I could give thanks. Having arranged, for this purpose, the right-hand pages of a note-book in the form of a diary, I gathered together on the opposite pages quotations which would lead my thoughts towards hope and gratitude. These quotations are the nucleus of the present collection. The plan worked splendidly. I had been resigned: I became thankful. When we step out of that dark wood called Resignation, into the sunlight of Thankfulness, there is no end to the joys which meet us. In-doors or out-of-doors; Winter or Summer; ill or well; alone or with friends - we always see something for which to give thanks; and it is wonderful how much happier life becomes. Thankfulness is an excellent tonic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
