Best-selling author June Cotner presents an enriching collection of prayers, poems, and quotes chosen for their power to bring more joy and wonder to life by encouraging an attitude of everyday thankfulness.
“The selections in this book will encourage you to pay attention to things that make you laugh, the places that nourish you, the loved ones who inspire and guide you, and caring strangers who bring blessings to your days.”—June Cotner
Gratitude Prayers is an uplifting collection of inspiring prayers, reflective poems, and motivating quotes that will open you to experience more joy and wonder in life. In this gracious anthology, June Cotner offers more than 100 motivational selections that remind you to embrace each and every day with abundance and thankfulness. Gratitude Prayers includes the voices of classic visionaries such as Rumi, Anne Frank, Walt Whitman and Helen Keller, whose words mingle eloquently alongside contemporary writers such as Michael S. Glaser and Barbara Crooker. The writers in this exuberant book share how to seek out tiny moments of joy, which will point the way toward finding the good in every situation.
Divided into ten chapters, Gratitude Prayers offers a transformational perspective on finding happiness through gratefulness. Chapters include: Simple Pleasures, Everyday Life, The Natural World, Friends and Family, Joy and Wonder, Faith and Courage, Prayers and Blessings, as well as Reflections, and Inspirations. In addition, the book closes with a chapter dedicated to what June calls, “Gratitude Boosters,” short, easily read passages that offer the reader an instantaneous paradigm shift. Let gratitude inspire your attitude with Gratitude Prayers.
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Forbidden Truth: A Collection of Poems, Reflections and Personal Quotes
Have you ever heard a song or read a poem and thought, “I wonder what made the artist sing/write these words? What’s the story behind that song? What does the message actually mean? What memory is the artist reflecting on?” Maybe you read a metaphoric poem written by a legendary poet and wondered what it really meant. Not the interpretations made by many over the years. With Forbidden Truth, poet and author Deborah Almaroof gives you her complete vision. She allows you to embark on the mental capacity at the time of each work’s creation and gives insight into what each poem means. Deborah Almaroof began writing at a young age, love songs and short stories. At the age of 20, as a sophomore at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, five hours away from her hometown; she found herself alone and unhappy being so far away from her family. She searched for a coping mechanism and one night began to write. It was then that she tapped into a gift she never knew she had; the ability to construct poetry. To her surprise what she initially thought nothing of turned into endless nights up, turning her deepest thoughts into amazing art. At the age of 21, she vowed that at the age of 25 she would release her first poetry book. Here she gives you a collection of her poems and personal quotes, teamed up with her life experiences that inspired them. It has been said that the richest place on earth is a graveyard. Many are buried with unshared riches, gifts, ideas and talents. With this project the author proclaims that no measurement of success comes from the external; critique nor praise compares to the magnitude of success inside these pages. To achieve this goal, first time author and poet Deborah Almaroof says this is her success. Reaching a goal in a world where many people never witness their biggest dreams transform into a reality. Forbidden Truth is truly one to sink your teeth into!
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe’s humanity.
Marilyn’s image is so universal that we can’t help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety—and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.
Beyond the headlines—and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation—was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts—notes to herself, letters, even poems—in Marilyn’s own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos.
Jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterhead, these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances indelible emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting.
This One’s For You: Quotes and Poems for Different Situations
A compilation of poetry and quotes written for different life situations ranging from happiness, love, loss, heartbreak and peace. These words are written from the heart and designed by the soul.
Grandma’s Inspiration: Prayers and Poems
Ellen Mickelson: I have enjoyed writing all my life. These are a collection of prayers and poems that I have written over the years. I am dedicating this book to my beautiful grand-daughter, Melanie Camire. Melanie is fighting a long hard battle against cancer. At twenty years of age she had surgery to remove a tumor the size of a foot ball. It was attached to the Kidney. She lost one kidney. The cancer had already started to spread and the doctors didn’t have a chemo treatment that they thought would work. Her Doctor got her into a trail at Loyola Hospital and for the last three years Melanie has been fighting this horrible disease. She know is in a trial that takes her to California. Any proceeds I get from the sales of this book will go to help Melanie fight this battle. Thank you for your help and your prayers.
The Undercover Yogi: Short Stories, Poems, and Affirmations
This collection of meditated wisdom, poetry, and positive affirmations carries a life-changing message. It is an invaluable spiritual companion for everyone. It includes small gems of poetry, prose, and short stories to inspire the reader to give more time to meditation and to deeply feel the love within the heart. Lance says, “One of the most important things to know is that we are loved so much more than it may seem sometimes, to know that the Universe loves us more than we can imagine. Feeling, remembering, and comprehending the Universe’s love is why we are here. To me, the spiritual, physical, and mental practice of meditation is one of the most strategic ways of dropping into the heart, healing the mind, and synchronizing the two to work together. With meditation, we expand the love in our heart in ways we never could have imagined. In our day-to-day lives, so much stuff can be thrown our way; meditation is always there to center us and to connect with life, love, the Earth, and all things beautiful.”
Pete Seeger: The Storm King: Stories, Narratives, Poems: Spoken Word Set to a World of Music
Gems from the life of one of the most influential figures in American music!
Pete Seeger: The Storm King audio collection presents Pete Seeger’s spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems-set to new music created by nearly 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, and Native American Music, Pete’s wisdom and stories out to new audiences and into a new technological age.
Each piece is unique in sound and emotion and also in how it came together. Jeff Haynes, world-renowned percussionist and producer, has worked closely with Pete to create something spectacular – weaving Pete’s words to the music of artists from around the world who would not otherwise have shared a stage with Pete but who have been deeply influenced by him.
The result is astounding.
“It brings out things in my words that I never knew before.” -Pete Seeger
“Pete’s still finding the hope and planting the seeds . . . and keeping us invigorated in our own best intentions.”
-Dar Williams
Listen to a story here: https://soundcloud.com/hachetteaudio/peteseegerstormkingtoshi
Quotes and Poems by a Nobody
A collection of 156 poems, some very short, and 90 personal musings, listed as “quotes.” Raw and unfiltered, often painful, frequently tinged with humor, this unique work reveals the intimate details of a young woman’s life struggle: defeats and victories, setbacks and growth, insights gained, dreams lost, hopes recaptured. A bold debut from a promising new talent.
Spiritual Poems of Love and Inspiration: Second Edition
My name is Tommy B. Dry. I was raised in the country outside the small town of West Point, Arkansas. I have been poor all of my life, but I have a strong belief in God, and today I carry that belief with me through the good times and the times of homelessness and despair. I meet people all the time, and I always think about what a blessing it is to have God’s people enter my life. Even though I don’t have a lot of money, I believe I’ve been blessed with the experiences and knowledge that I have gained throughout my life.