Tasting the Sweetness
Some books meet you in the morning light, in a stranger's laughter, in the absurd miracle of being alive at all. This journey is a celebration of what's already here — a reminder that joy is not a reward for doing the work. It's the work itself.
2 shelves · 16 books, curated
The Grateful Eye
Books about gratitude as a daily discipline, not a greeting card sentiment. These works train the eye to notice what's already here — the small, ordinary abundance that most of us walk past a hundred times a day.
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Thanks!
Robert Emmons
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The book of joy
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Gratitude
Oliver Sacks
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One thousand gifts
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A Simple Act of Gratitude
John Kralik
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Attitudes of gratitude
M.J. Ryan
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The Gift
Lewis Hyde
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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
David Muñoz Mateos, Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Das geheime Leben der Bäume
Peter Wohlleben
Play, Wonder, and the Beginner's Mind
Books that recover the child's capacity for awe. From Zen teachings on beginner's mind to scientific explorations of wonder, these works make a serious case for not taking your spiritual life — or yourself — too seriously.
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Zen mind, beginner's mind
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Finite and infinite games
James Carse
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Play
Brown, Stuart.
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The Book of Delights
Ross Gay
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The spell of the sensuous
David Abram
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Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell