{"id":11009,"date":"2018-01-31T22:18:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T22:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrislowney.com\/wp\/?page_id=11009"},"modified":"2019-04-11T02:47:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T02:47:00","slug":"make-today-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chrislowney.com\/wp\/books\/make-today-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Today Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>10 Habits for a Better Life (and World)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11011\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11011 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/chrislowney.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MakeTodayMatter_3D.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chrislowney.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MakeTodayMatter_3D.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chrislowney.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/MakeTodayMatter_3D-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/loyolapress\/docs\/i_4663_makeeverydaymatter_final\" target=\"new\">Click here to read a sample chapter.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>How can we rise to the occasion every single day of our lives?<br \/>\nHow can we seize each day as a unique opportunity, and see each day as a gift?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chris Lowney answers those questions in <em>Make Today Matter<\/em>, winner of a 2018 Independent Press Award as \u201cDistinguished Favorite\u201d in the Inspiration category. The book also won a Gold Medal in the 2019 Illumination Awards. Chris introduces readers to ten simple yet powerful habits that will add up to a better life, and a better world. Those habits emerge through inspiring stories of ordinary people who are making each day count in extraordinary ways, whether in a high school classroom, a hospital emergency room, one of the planet\u2019s largest garbage dumps, or a sprawling, impoverished shantytown in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it\u2019s one thing to <em>know<\/em> what matters in life, quite another thing to do what matters, day in and day out, despite the confusing, unpredictable, and frustrating environments in which we all live and work. That\u2019s where \u201cthe Wisdom App\u201c comes in, a powerful practice that ties the ten habits together, and that anyone could begin implementing tomorrow, a first step along the path to making every day matter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentpressaward.com\/2018distinguishedfavorites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Make Today Matter<\/em> was honored with an Independent Press Award.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten bloggers joined in a blog hop celebrating <em>Make Today Matter<\/em>. Each writer reflected on a different habit from the book. Find the full list of those posts and videos with me introducing each habit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ignatianspirituality.com\/27319\/make-today-matter-blog-hop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Make-Today-Matter-Habits-Better\/dp\/082944663X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1517436867&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=make+today+matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10777 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/chrislowney.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/buy-from-amazon.png\" alt=\"buy-from-amazon\" width=\"230\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Habits for a Better Life (and World) How can we rise to the occasion every single day of our lives? How can we seize each day as a unique opportunity, and see each day as a gift? 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