Grateful Living:Bringing Awareness
& Appreciation to Life

A Grateful Day

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The Way of Grateful Living

As a way of life grounded in taking nothing for granted, Grateful Living brings deeper peace, greater well-being, and an enhanced capacity for joy to people all around the globe. As a moment-to-moment practice, it wakes us up to the opportunities always available to us, even in the most uncertain and challenging times. Join us to explore trustworthy pathways and practices that will help you approach, frame, and learn from everything that unfolds in your life. Bring the gifts of gratitude to life, and in so doing become a force for healing in your life and in the world. 

These Five Guiding Principles can serve as touchstones to support your practice:

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Life is a Gift

When you greet each moment gratefully, you are always receiving.
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Everything is Surprise

When you open to wonder, opportunities abound.
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The Ordinary Is Extraordinary

When you take nothing for granted, life is abundant.
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Appreciation Is Generative

When you tend what you value, what you value thrives.
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Love is transformative

When you embrace the great fullness of life, your heart overflows.
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Colorful mural celebrating the Black cultural and entertainment community in Hot Springs, AK from the 1930s to the 1960s
Ashley Batz

collections Celebrating Black Poets

In celebration of Black History Month, we offer this expanded collection of work by Black poets from our poetry library. In these poems, readers are invited into the unique experiences of individual Black lives, the extraordinary nature of the everyday, and the transformative space of human resilience and gratitude.   

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Browse Practices

Explore our collection of singular and guided practices, all designed to inspire and enrich your unique Grateful Living journey.

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Discover the transformative power of living gratefully through the warm heart of our global community.

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Community Voices

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Bright Lights/Young Lives

Bright Lights/Young Lives: Maya

by The Grateful Living Team
In this short video, Maya McDuffie shares her story of choosing to be grateful even…
A young woman wearing glasses sitting in a grassy park. The grass is speckled with sunshine, and trees and a tan building are in the background.
Bright Lights/Young Lives

Bright Lights/Young Lives: Aida

by The Grateful Living Team
In this short video, Aida Villanueva shares her story of discovering gratefulness through love and…
A group of incarcerated men sitting at round tables in a large room for a painting class on gratefulness practices
Stories of Grateful Living

Unexpected Grace and Gratitude in Prison

by Brooke Rothshank
In this story of Grateful Living, studio artist Brooke Rothshank reflects on finding perspective and…

Word for the Day

Photo Credit: Pascal Debrunner

I speak of change not on the surface but in the depth — change in the sense of renewal.

— James Baldwin

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