Contemporary research has shown that optimistic people experience longer and healthier lives, better relationships and higher incomes. Generations before such findings, however, inspirational writer, Christian D. Larson, showed an amazing grasp of the life-changing power of gratitude and optimism. Today, Larson is known worldwide for his powerful meditation - THE OPTIMIST CREED - and for his other classics of spiritual living - but no single volume has collected his greatest writings. Here, at last, is a long-overdue anthology that makes his foundational writings available to the countless readers who already know his name and work. In his now famous maxim, Larson encouraged early twentieth-century readers to embrace an "attitude of gratitude." Yet Larson's vision went far beyond mushy or feel-good nostrums. Like no one else of his day, the groundbreaking writer understood the metaphysical and psychological dimensions of grateful living. Affirmative thought, Larson reasoned, sets in motion unseen forces, both spiritual and psychical and aids in manifesting our desires. In our time, Larson's message is as fresh and radical as ever. THE OPTIMIST CREED features complete editions of his most deeply affecting works, each redesigned and reset. It contains: "The Pathway of Roses," "Your Forces and How to Use Them" (the 1912 work that features his "Optimist Creed"), "Mastery of Self," "The Ideal Made Real," and "Just Be Glad."