Title: The Grateful Table: Blessings, Prayers, and Graces for the Daily Meal
Author: Brenda Knight
ISBN: 978-1-936740-56-7
Published by Viva Editions
Suggested Retail: $15.95 US
Genre: Reference/Inspiration
The author of The Grateful Table, Brenda Knight, suggests the imagining a Norman Rockwell painting that features a family with bowed heads and clasped hands, depicting the expression “giving grace”. I think this is a great representation to the action. Saying grace is something we all can do to express our gratitude for who and what we have been blessed with in our lives.
This little book (5″x6 1/2″) is packed with 256 pages of quotes. There is one quote for every day of the year. Share a meal with loved ones and friends and recite from The Grateful Table. Express blessings, prayers, and graces to show your appreciation for love and giving.
HOW WE GROW
“Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire. If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something for it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations because they give you opportunties for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes. They will beach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary because it means you’ve made a difference.
It is easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings.” – Anonymous
SUNNY DAYS
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine –and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman
BE GLAD
“I am grateful for my family and friends, a job to earn my keep, and the health to do it, the opportunities and the lessons I’ve learned. Let me never lose sign of the simple blessings that form the fabric and foundation of my life. I am blessed, yesterday, today and tomorrow.” – Abby Willowroot
A portion of the sales from The Grateful Table will be donated to Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS).
BRENDA KNIGHT grew up in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and learned how to appreciate life from her mother, Helen. After a brief career as a high school English teacher, she began working for HarperCollins, and is now a twenty-year publishing veteran. She is also the author of the American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation, Rituals of Life, and Wild Women and Books. She is an avid gardener and seed saver, and volunteers for the American Cancer Society as a counselor for the newly diagnosed. She teaches at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference and leads workshops on “Putting Your Passion on Paper.” The founding editor of Viva Editions, a division of Cleis Press, Brenda lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
