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    365 Days of Gratitude: My Attitude of Gratitude
    365 Days of Gratitude: My Attitude of Gratitude
    365 Days of Gratitude: My Attitude of Gratitude
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    365 Days of Gratitude: My Attitude of Gratitude

    By Muskan Virk

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    What are you grateful for? When life gets a bit heavy and dark, it can be difficult to see and remember the things we could be grateful for. Sometimes, we need something, or someone to remind us. At the age of 6, Muskan Virk heard the term ‘gender equality’ and asked her parents to explain what that meant. When she learned of the injustice and inequality that so many face every day, she was quite upset about it, and began to see the darkness in the world. It wasn’t enough for Muskan to simply learn about these issues, she wanted to make a difference, and declared that “This world needs to be changed and I’m the one that could change it!” Muskan proceeded to fundraise $1200 through her school, who donated it to the Malala Fund. Meera, Muskan’s mother, could see that the knowledge her daughter was gaining was quite heavy on her young soul, and so gave her a journal, and encouraged Muskan to write down all the things she was grateful for, and to see how many good things she could find. A little over a year later, Muskan handed the journal back, and Meera was delighted to find 450 gratitudes! They both were inspired to share them with the world, and so chose 365 to create this beautiful book. Along with the inspiring stories of gratitude from Serena Dyer, Maya Kanigan, Rick Hansen, Taylor Conroy and Jason Garner, this book is filled with simple gratitudes of everyday life, which will inspire and uplift you, and remind you of the beauty and pleasures that surround you. Part of the proceeds from this book will be used to help build Muskan's foundation - Helping Hands - which will be helping homeless people and others in need.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMuskan Virk
    Release dateAug 18, 2016
    ISBN9780692765357
    365 Days of Gratitude: My Attitude of Gratitude
    Author

    Muskan Virk

    Muskan came into this world as a miracle after her parents’ 16 years of marriage. At the young age of six, Muskan learned about the injustice that Malala Yousafzai had gone through, and was devastated. She was propelled to take action and wanted to make a difference. She started by raising funds to donate to the Malala Fund and other local charities. However, despite the difference she was already making, Muskan didn’t want to stop there. She asked her mother incessantly about why there was so much gender inequality in such modern times. In order to shift her thoughts on this subject to a more positive state, her mother gave her a journal and encouraged her to write one thing every day that she was grateful for. She wanted Muskan to focus on all the positive things in her life. As time passed, her mother forgot about the journal, until Muskan came to her later with a journal filled with all of the things she was grateful for and how she had transformed her negative thoughts about gender inequality into positive thoughts on how she can use her influence to make an impact. From those beautiful daily gratitudes, 365 Days of Gratitude was born. Muskan is inspired by the knowing that her words will make a difference in people’s lives and would like to make a difference globally with her charity called Helping Hands, whose mission is to help homelessness in every country. Partial proceeds of this very book will be donated to Helping Hands as a continued effort in ensuring you are also a part of making a difference. Muskan lives with her parents and her dog Butterball.

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      365 Days of Gratitude - Muskan Virk

      Foreword

      Growing up with parents who were spiritual and who had lived their lives in the most courageous way was how I saw life unfold before me. One of the things that they have always instilled in us is that we are the creators of our destiny. Part of that is consciousness in gratitude. Being grateful for each and every single experience that we may have encountered in our journey. Each of these inspires a lesson, brings a message, and in turn, is crafted and molded into life experience.

      The word gratitude, with its Latin roots gratus, is thankfulness. What does it mean to be thankful? To be grateful for each experience that’s in our destiny? The words in this book say and inspire just that. Muskan captured the true essence of gratefulness she had created in her life. With the inspiration of this book stemming from something that she was so compelled to pursue, to address and to use that energy to make a difference is truly inspiring. As you flip through the pages and realize that each grateful thought and each set of words transforms into the pure meaning of simply being thankful each day, that practice is something we should all aspire to achieve in our lives.

      My father, Wayne, had said, Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms, as well as the smooth sailing. What is the lesson or gift in what you are experiencing right now? Find your joy not in what’s missing in your life, but in how you can serve. How can we continually be of service not just for others, but also, most importantly, for ourselves? As we challenge ourselves into living a full life and lifting ourselves into higher consciousness, we must propel into a life of service and being in a state of gratitude. This is a practice where you will be challenged in some way. However, with challenges comes growth and learning on how to be a better version of our self. In turn, that knowledge is something we can share with others as well.

      In this book, the subtitle My Attitude of Gratitude really speaks to the mindset and intention Muskan had set forth when writing her thoughts.

      It’s true that our attitude guides our thoughts and then the actions we choose. Her thoughts show how finding gratefulness in simplicity has a far greater impact without complexity. Whether it’s a freshly-baked cookie or the sound of birds in the backyard, she had found the true beauty in these and was able to extract the exact reason on why these resonated with her. Gratefulness brings the appreciation of experiences that we may think are everyday routine, yet this is truly the sole purpose of practicing gratefulness in each day. As we live our present journey, being grateful brings a whole perspective into the experience of life, light, and love. The joy of blessings that we are meant to experience and that we invite into our lives is something in itself to be grateful for. I invite you to experience these thoughts of gratitude that Muskan has so lovingly shared with the universe. Surrender to the sweet joy of gratefulness in each and every day.

      ~ Serena Dyer ~

      Photo by: Cengiz Ozelzel, Adagion Studio

      This book is dedicated to all of my grandparents and the history that they gave my Mom and Dad. Thank you for always being there for me. I’m so grateful for your hugs, your stories about how my parents wanted to help people too when they were my age, for being a part of my life and always believing in me. I’m so thankful for all the stories but most of all, I’m thankful for being your grandchild.

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