x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
One recent December, at age 53, John Kralik found his life at a terrible, frightening low: his small law firm was failing; he was struggling through a painful second divorce; he had grown distant from his two older children and was afraid he might lose contact with his young daughter; he was... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Grace: The writer's girlfriend.
- Paul: Add a description of this character.
- Steve
- Bob
- Dr. Hudson
- Mr. Robert
- Neil
- Jackson Browne
- John
- Polly
- Scott
- Brody: The writer's cat.
- Ron
- Dane
Quotes edit
-
“I wanted to be more than just another lawyer slinging hatred for a living.”
author
- Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers
-
“Until you learn to be grateful for the things you have,” it said, “you will not receive the things you want.”
Highlighted by 187 Kindle customers -
Only you can make choices to make you happy, no one else can, and I have learned you must choose to dwell in the present, appreciate what you have, and move forward.
Highlighted by 90 Kindle customers -
I was learning that it was the hatred in my heart, not the hatred others held for me, that could truly destroy me.
Highlighted by 84 Kindle customers -
He promised that if I wrote him a letter thanking him for this silver dollar, he would send me another one. That was the way thank-you letters worked, he told me.
Highlighted by 50 Kindle customers -
I would try to find one person to thank each day. One person to whom I would write a thank-you note. By the end of the year, I would have used up the stationery. I would have written 365 thank yous.
Highlighted by 46 Kindle customers -
The anger that had been in my heart over this unpaid bill had been hurting me, not the clients. They felt no shame at not paying. My anger was keeping me from moving on with more productive parts of my life.
Highlighted by 46 Kindle customers -
“Life is very short. You need to do what you think will make you happy.”
Highlighted by 41 Kindle customers -
By appreciating the things we did for each other, we encouraged each other to do more nice things.
Highlighted by 38 Kindle customers -
Pollyanna was not in the least naïve; rather, she was able to recognize the value of being faithful to gratitude. She liked to play what she called the “glad game.” In every situation, no matter how dire, she liked to find something to feel glad about.
Highlighted by 34 Kindle customers -
by being thankful for what I had, I realized that I had everything I needed. Whether or not my life had changed, my experience of it, moment by moment, had been transformed. When bad things happened, they might slow me, but they no longer unraveled me.
Highlighted by 26 Kindle customers
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
On December 22, 2007, I felt my life was at an irreversible personal nadir.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Lowest Day
2. A Walk in the Mountains
3. New Year's Mail
4. My First Thank-You Note
5. How Are You?
6. Reading "Pollyanna" in Sierra Madre; or, Life as a Series of Fortunate Events
7. An End of Winter
8. Thank You for Paying Your Bills
9. Thank the Starbucks Guy
10. Mediation
11. Birthday Cards
12. "Dover Hudson's Secret Journal"
13. Extreme Thank You's
14. The Unopened File
15. Father's Day
16. A "Business" Trip to Beijing
17. Economic Meltdown on Lake Avenue
18. Heartbreak
19. The Stock Market Crashes...into Thanksgiving
20. Running with Friends
21. In Training
22. December, the Movie and the Reality; or, It's a Wonderful Life
23. A Better Man
24. A House, A Dream Job, Grace, and a Sandwich Wrapped in Waxed Paper; or, What I Wanted
Epilogue: A Tie
Appendix I: How to Write Thank-You Notes
Appendix II: A Statement of Ideals
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Kralik (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 179.9
Subjects edit
Popular Tags
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
