The Value of Gratitude: Using LIterature to Learn About Values
Posted on May 12, 2009 by Big Universe in Uncategorized.
Tags: Byrd Baylor, character development, gratitude, values
People in the United States, as well as in many other parts of our globe, are facing a financial crisis. People are finding themselves out of jobs, out of money, and forced to make life-style changes that they never imagined they would need to make. This surprising state of affairs is a gift while it is a tragedy. In a culture in which people have been defined by the size of their homes, the price of their cars and the designer name of their handbags, many are saying, “Stop! Let us find new meaning in our lives.”
In the most positive light, financial downturn is forcing people to redefine for themselves what they value in their lives. In shifting from needing abundantly to being able to recognize our abundance, many are finding a new meaning in life. People are finding ways to be grateful for many aspects of their lives that were formerly taken for granted.
If you are interested in sharing the process of examining the values of gratitude, abundance, and family relationships with your children, you will enjoy The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor. All of Byrd Baylor’s books are wonderfully illustrated by artist Peter Parnall. Ms. Baylor’s books share the beauty of the Arizona desert with the reader while helping us each remember important “small moments” in life that echo the “Stop!” resounding from the economic shift. The Table Where Rich People Sit is a book that shares the process of self-evaluation of our approach to wealth, with children. The book answers the question: “What does it mean to be rich?”
Children will enjoy the non-intrusive, non-lecturing way in which Ms. Baylor draws in the reader as her heroine challenges her parents to define what it means to be rich. The Table Where Rich People Sit is a book to read in today’s troubled economic times. You may find out you are richer than you thought!
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