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Want to be happy? Be grateful.

We’re a global nonprofit dedicated to helping people live with purpose through the transformative practice of living gratefully. 

Why? Because today is not just any day. It’s the only day you’ve been given, and that makes it extraordinary. We offer life-affirming programs, educational resources, and content to support your daily life through both joyful and challenging times. 

Start living your grateful life today.

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articles Radical Belonging in an Age of Othering 

This essay invites us to consider whether we are sick from loneliness or from not belonging — to each other and ourselves — and how gratefulness offers a remedy.
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Grateful Gatherings:
A monthly meeting of a group of seekers interested in connection, community, and guideposts for daily living.

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Programs

Discover empowering tools to live a more meaningful life and deepen your daily practice by participating in one of our signature programs.

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Practicing gratefulness during times of adversity and uncertainty is hard. Find support, belonging, and inspiration by joining our global practice community.

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Word for the Day

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When we enter a state of wonder, an opening is created; a possibility arises for us to view the world differently and to come to a different understanding.

— Rachel Macy Stafford

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Daily Question

What aspect of my life might benefit from releasing vigilance and building my capacity to trust the unknown?
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Support Grateful Living

We are a privately funded nonprofit that depends on generous donations from people like you. Help us provide our transformative programs, resources, and education to more than 1 million people annually. Give gratefully today, so we can all live gratefully together!

Living gratefully keeps me grounded and has carried me well through joyous days and has truly lifted my soul through my most difficult days. Thank you!

-Angela D.

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All donations are fully tax-deductible in the U.S.A.

Checks may be mailed to Grateful Living, P.O. Box 3035, Amherst, MA 01004