I wake each morning with a smile and a silent expression of gratitude. I’m determined to give gratitude more focus. “… the state of being grateful : THANKFULNESS” (Merriam-Webster) I’ve selected four books to guide my gratitude-forward thinking. First up is The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life, by Janice Kaplan. That one’s on order. Then two books (essays) by Ross Gay: The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy. I’m reading The Book of Delights now. Fourth, an odd choice: Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman. I appreciate Burkeman’s tone. And I intend, as he suggests, to “pay more attention to every moment, however mundane.” More books, I know.