The premise of the book is great and the author really delivers. Great read. Highly recommended. .

:I enjoyed this book immensely. Reading this was like taking a vitamin for your soul and well being. I highly recommend this gem of a book. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book. Although I received the book in this manner, it did not affect my opinion of this book nor my review.

This book was great to pick up whenever I had a free minute or needed to take a moment to settle myself. I enjoyed the readings. Well put together.

This is a lovely book that you will want to buy a hard copy of right away. It is filled with blessings from all different religions that touch your soul. The author has included Native American Blessings that truly are some of the most poignant I have every read. I recommend you start each day reading a blessing from, this book. It will uplift you for the day and inspire you to new heights.
A wonderful book that I highly recommend. This body of work was done with love and attention to every blessing a reader may need. A very touching book .
I received a ARC and my opinions are my own.
Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity to review this wonderful book.

Possibly one of the most beautiful books to use to heal not only your life but others.

This is the perfect way to start or end each day. My way is to pick up the book and simply let it fall open on any page, because in my opinion, what you find when the book falls open like this is what you need to enrich your life at that moment in time. Obviously, we each have our own methods to absorb books especially those we use to enrich our lives. Yours might be to start on Day 1 and work your way through each day until you reach Day 365.

Pierre Pradervand has a fascinating story to tell of how this book came to be written. His story resonated with me and now, thanks to not only reading about his life but absorbing these blessing have helped me find peace within myself for past hurts and as I work through the days, it will become easier.

What convinced me that the book could benefit me is that Pierre Pradervand has included blessings from all religions. For me, some of the most powerful come from the North American Indians and I offer a very special blessing that not all the knowledge of this very deeply spiritual nation was not wiped out when other humans moved to the continent.

You will not regret owning a copy of this book. Hopefully, like me, you will find daily peace while working your way through the 365 blessings.

Imbali

Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.

I love the idea of blessing everyday. This book is filled with blessings for everyday of the year. It is beautifully written. I can't wait to purchase a hard copy of this book for my nightstand so I can read it everyday. Thank you Netgalley and the punlisher for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion of it.

I received an ecopy of this book from Netgalley.

Although I have read quite a few spiritual style books before I have never really come across the term blessings before so I didn't know what to expect at first.

This is a really interesting book with a good foreword at the beginning and before each daily blessing.

I now interpret the word blessing as a prayer and of course there are 365 of them, from many diverse backgrounds and covering many people and or situations.

I cannot say that I have diligently read the whole book from start to finish but I have read a fair bit and I have come to the conclusion that I would not use it daily but would prefer to dip in and out of it especially if there was a certain situation that was troubling me and I could find a relevant blessing. For this purpose I will be looking to buy a physical copy of the book as it doesn't really work for me in this format.

I think this book has the ability to maybe not change your life immediately but certainly to change your thinking which will eventually impact on your life.

This is a beautifully written book with some lovely blessings for every day of the year. All the blessings vary in tone & message and puts a in a great head space to start the day. I am enjoying using these blessings every day.

I really like the layout of this book, with a short introduction and bite-sized prayers for each day. It's the perfect way to start your day, even if you have very busy mornings. The prayers come from all cultures and walks of life, which brings sense of global continuity to the book, and there are prayers for everything! Prayers for the homeless, jobless, and sick; prayers to overcome struggles; prayers for various family members and community members....each day it's something new, and that really brings your focus upon some small piece of the world for that day...a piece that maybe you'd been missing out on before.

365 Days of Blessings to Heal Myself & the World by Pierre Pradervand is all about how blessing everything can transform your life and the world. This idea takes the concept of gratitude and flips it on its side. Blessing things goes a step further than simply being grateful. Blessings give thanks and appreciation for the existence of everything- it’s about simply recognizing them for what they are and not necessarily what they can give you in return. Blessings allow you to see the divinity in all creations which can bestow happiness and goodness upon everything. To bless people and situations that are challenging is the ultimate form of giving because you remove your ego from the act, making blessings the highest octave of selflessness.

At first I was a little skeptical, but I experimented for a couple of days- waking up first thing in the morning and blessing my day and my family, and everything I experienced during the day. I have to admit that it lightened my mood and dramatically shifted my perspective. When you bless everything that crosses your path you suddenly have no reason to be upset at anything. It helps you to accept things the way they are which brings a sense of peace. The days I experimented with this technique were pretty easy so I would be curious to see how this would work on more challenging days. Blessing your enemies and struggles is easier said than done, so I do think you have to train yourself in order for this to become routine. Is Pierre Pradervand being a little naive suggesting that every person can do this? I’m not sure, but I do think for the average person, wishing good for your opponents and challenges first requires a lot of inner work and self reflection.

The part that really drove home this practice was when Pierre discussed how blessings honour the unfolding of fate. When we bless things we acknowledge their presence in our life allowing us to fully surrender- which puts us in a receiving state. Blessings aren’t meant to be a material cure-all, but they do help to align us to our path, because we remove the greatest obstacle from this path which is usually ourselves.

The book then lists many blessings we can use in our everyday lives- from blessing ourselves, to our mail carriers, to the world, to our enemies, and so forth. Blessings from different cultures are also included. There does seem to be some memorization of these blessings that is required because how else would you be able to remember what to say?

I would have liked some more practical examples from others who have used these techniques to see how their lives have been transformed using them.

Overall a beautifully written book on a practice that I believe will bring peace to many people around the world.

*A special thanks to Ben Craib from John Hunt Publishing for sending me the widget.