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Stories of Grateful Living

The Beauty of Losing Yourself in Nature

by Paul Cotter
In this Story of Grateful Living, photographer Paul Cotter details a misty morning during the…
Practices

From Obligation to Opportunity

by The Grateful Living Team
A simple practice that can help you shift your perspective in most any moment or…
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Practices

Wonder of Wonders – A Normal Day: A Practice Series

by The Grateful Living Team
A guided seven-day practice inspired by Mary Jean Iron's A Normal Day.
Articles

Accepting What Is

by Rose Zonetti
Acceptance anchors us so that we might focus on the present rather than endlessly drift…
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Stories of Grateful Living

Gratitude Behind Bars: Danny Brandon

by Danny Brandon
A powerful letter received from one of the participants in Grateful Anyhow, a project in…
Articles

On Choosing Gratitude

by Sage Cohen
...we don’t have to wait around for the things we want to happen to feel…
Videos

Hidden Miracles of the Natural World

by Louie Schwartzberg
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is…
Stories of Grateful Living

Gratitude Behind Bars

by The Grateful Living Team
This project hosted in partnership with Prisoner Express engaged approximately 350 incarcerated people in an…
Stories of Grateful Living

Gratitude Works in the ER

by Laura Grace Weldon
My body started to soften into the experience...By the time I decided to picture autumn…
Videos

“Good” and “Bad” are Incomplete Stories We Tell Ourselves

by Heather Lanier
Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays…
Research

How Cultural Differences Shape Your Gratitude

by Greater Good Science Center
Americans say thanks a lot, but other cultures may have a deeper understanding of gratitude.
Articles

On Pessimism and Optimism from “The Shadow”

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
The more we suppress the darkness within us, the more it leads a life of…
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