Daily Practice Space

Grateful living is an orientation to life that is supported through practice. Begin your journey with our library of daily practices including Stop.Look.Go.  Additional offerings include our Word For the Day and Daily Question, eCards, Light a Candle, Private Gratitude Journal, and poetry collection.

Word for the Day

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Photo Credit: Johannes Plenio

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Daily Question

Foundational Practice

Stop.Look.Go.

Br. David Steindl-Rast’s simple and powerful Stop.Look.Go practice serves as a foundation for living gratefully on a daily basis. Through regular practice, Stop.Look.Go will lead you to experience increased presence, a more expansive perspective, and a greater sense of possibility in your daily life.

Explore Daily Practices for Grateful Living

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Practices

Create Belonging: Make an Improbable Friend

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
A daily practice to create belonging by connecting with someone whose perspective differs from your…
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Practices

You Are Here: Awakening to the Opportunities of Today

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
A daily practice to empower yourself by awakening to the opportunities of the day ahead…
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Practices

Discover Play as a Way of Being

by Sheryl Chard, Grateful Living
This practice invites you to take stock of the qualities that come alive when you…
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Approaching Daily Tasks with Leisure

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
A daily practice of giving time to what requires time and deepening your relationship to…
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Practices

A Path to Liberating Yourself from Fear

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
This guided practice will help you notice fearful thoughts, examine them, and commit to holding…
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Practices

Clearing the Clutter for Hope

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
Before you can explore and further cultivate a hopeful heart, you will take inventory. This…

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Zen Frogscape

by Lang Elliott
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Prayer Flags

by Linda Hannum
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Wood Thrush Dawn Chorus

by Lang Elliott
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Sunset Waves

by Linda Hannum
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Smokey Mountain Waterfall

by The Grateful Living Team
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