JayZedKay (Janet Zeenat Karim) begins this life-changing project (a daily 3-year journal) with a moment from her past: “As a child, I learned a great deal about being grateful, thankful when my parents gave us gifts. Growing up in three foreign countries before the age of 20 years, as children in the diplomatic community, my parents made sure my brothers, sisters, and me fitted in where we lived; and the parents showered us with numerous gifts according to our expressed and sometimes unexpressed wishes…”
As the book title suggests, 365 Days of Gratitude, One Day at a Time, gives the owner of it space to write daily gratitudes. It is a 3-year journey of being thankful and grateful. At a glance. It pays homage to the divine call found in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that states “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
JayZedKay concludes that “the lesson for gratitude and thankfulness is an important aspect of faith. The more grateful and thankful we are, the more uplifted we feel. As gratitude and thankfulness are given, so too will we be lifted up in the most divinely manner possible.”
A powerful portion in the book is 20 scriptures on gratitude and thankfulness, placed at the beginning of the journal. These are followed by a three-year gratitude space for people to write in their daily gratitude and thankfulness!
The journal 365 Days of Gratitude, is a three-year journey of daily writing your gratitude that will allow you after 3 years, to take a glance at how far you have traveled – in gratitude mode. From January 1 to December 31, write down, preferably at the end of the day, what you are grateful for on each day. From the big things to the very small things, make sure to write something that has happened (or sometimes will happen) for which you are grateful.
You may be surprised to discover that as you journey on this gratitude journey, there are a lot of things for which we are thankful, and that the more thankful you are, the greater things that take place or burst forth in your life and the lives of those you love. May you have a great journey of being grateful, showing gratitude! You will be uplifted.
Remain blessed as you give thanks with a grateful heart!

Author, editor/journalist/columnist, high school special education (History and English) instructor, communications specialist, advocate, former diplomat
Janet Zeenat Karim is Malawi’s renowned media professional with an illustrious publishing career spanning over 40 years in print, broadcast, and social media environments. She has experience with K-12 and adult formal and informal classroom environments. A keen Sunday school instructor and a devout Christian with a passion for telling children’s biblical stories. As a radio broadcaster, she created her signature children’s radio show, Slap Me Five! God is Alive! Series that she presented in three radio stations.