Maybe it’s the onset of old age. Maybe it’s that I am from another generation. I don’t know, but to me, there is something inherently disturbing about using the concept of gratitude for gain. This book was in a box of books my sister gave me.
Why can’t this book be an inspiration for readers to just simply count their blessings without some sort of payoff? I am thankful every day that I have what I do. I have serious health issues, serious financial problems, but I have what I think are blessings beyond wealth in my relationships with my husband, family, friends, and God. The gratitude I feel is its own reward.
The Secret Gratitude Book is touted as “a journal to record your journey of transformation towards abundance.” Supposedly, it is a followup to the first book, which I did not read, which talks about the so-called “Universal Law of Attraction. What bunk.
I am giving it two stars because Rhonda Byrne does express some beautiful thoughts and if it makes people happy, I suppose it is worth something. I just think that in the end, anyone is going to be disappointed in the return she tells them they can expect.