Looking at a fresh start? Try asking what you are most and least grateful for

The year end is a good time to reflect and listen to what your heart has to say about the things that give you life, and those that don’t.

Our responses clue us in to what we find life-giving or draining on a daily basis, and we can then set out to do more of what gives us life, says the writer. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS
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After a day that ended on a stressful note, I found it hard to fall asleep and turned to a book recommended by a Catholic nun. 

The book opens with a short story that explains its title: Sleeping With Bread: Holding What Gives You Life.

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