The art of the thank-you note is sometimes seen as a dying custom. With e-mail, cell phones, and other means of instant communication at our fingertips, the thought of hand-writing and mailing a card seems outdated and inconvenient. And following two years of economic struggles, environmental disasters, and other worldwide worries, we may find ourselves struggling to find anything to be thankful for. At the end of 2007, John Kralik would have agreed.  His law firm was operating in the red.  After a long separation, his divorce still wasn’t finalized.  His apartment was the size and temperature of a toaster oven.  He was forty pounds overweight.  And his girlfriend had just broken up with him.  At the age of 52, it seemed as if he had nothing to be grateful for, and that he was about to start 2008 at an all-time low.

A walk through the hills on January 1, 2008, changed all that. Unhappy with his lot in life, Kralik realized that if he could somehow be thankful for the things he already had in life, and if he changed his attitude to one of gratitude, perhaps then the things he wanted would follow. His plan: send 365 thank-you notes in a year, one for each day.He joins us to talk about his new book 365 THANK YOUs: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life which is the incredible story behind this inspiring feat, and proof that the personal touch can sometimes make all the difference.

Catch Sportstalkny live every Sunday night at 9 PM EST at  www.sportstalknylive.com