Living a Grateful Life

About the Book

In this volume, we will focus on being happier, healthier, and more positive about life through the development of the capacity to become increasingly more grateful. And there is little doubt that gratefulness, like hope, vision, and knowledge, can be achieved through the development of tools and resources that are commonly available to most of us. And let’s face it, the most commonly available tools used here, in this book, are those that help us reflect on life while living it. Most of us possess this tool, that of reflection, and all of us could probably better use it to our benefit and the benefit of those around us. To aid in this reflection the reader will find many suggestions and guidelines for managing past, present and future experiences. To this end there are lots of practical examples and exercises to encourage an interactive growth process.

About the Author

Junietta Baker McCall, D. Min. is the previous director of pastoral psychotherapy and counseling education at Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts. For twenty-two years she served as director of pastoral services at New Hampshire Hospital in Concord. A retired licensed pastoral psychotherapist, diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and ordained minister of The United Church of Christ, she is the author of Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly; A Practical Guide to Hospital Ministry; Bereavement Counseling: Pastoral Care for Complicated Grieving; Building Hope During Challenging Times; With Wings Widespread: Reflections on Life and Hospital Ministry; Co-author of Living Well as You Age; and her recent publications: One Lesson at a Time: a Year of Living Thoughtfully, and If a Tree Falls, Contemplating Life’s Blessings and Challenges. Dr. McCall has served as adjunct faculty member in pastoral counseling at Andover newton Theological School and as associate pastor of South Congregational Church in Concord. She is currently retired and remains in Concord, New Hampshire, where she is working on a journal temporarily titled More Days, More Lessons.