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Community Reflections

Community Reflections: Cultivating Gratefulness

by The Grateful Living Community
Our community reflects on the question, "How do I cultivate gratefulness within myself and with…
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Articles

Stop Being a Glass. Become a Lake.

by Carrie Newcomer
In such troubled times, it can feel as if the world has poured a handful…
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Stories of Grateful Living

Three Small Things I’m Grateful For

by Alex Elle
We don't need extraordinary things to happen to be grateful. Being alive is marvelous and…
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News & Announcements

Br. David’s 96th Birthday: News + New Inspiration!

by The Grateful Living Team
We are so glad to be able to report that our beloved Br. David Steindl-Rast…
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Community Reflections

Community Reflections: Wisdom from Life’s Garden

by The Grateful Living Community
Our community reflects on the question,"In the garden of life, what have the weeds taught…
Stories of Grateful Living

Falling Towards Home

by Eric Alan
Every life stream’s course always reaches its destination, however tumultuous its path along the way.…
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Articles

Grown

by Ross Gay
A powerful essayette from Ross Gay's The Book of Delights.
Articles

This Love Poem Living Through You

by Greta Matos
Chilean writer Greta Matos reminds us that when we are able to pause and simply…
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Articles

As Way Opens

by Carrie Newcomer
Proceed as way opens or As way opens, is an encouragement to live with a…
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Community Reflections

Community Reflections: Moments of Wonder

by The Grateful Living Community
Our community reflects on the question,"What moments fill me with wonder?"
Stories of Grateful Living

Iyore (I Return)

by Imuetinyan Ugiagbe
Here in our Stories of Grateful Living, we honor the voices of our community as…
Articles

Gate 4-A

by Naomi Shihab Nye
In this remarkable account, what begins with frantic tears and a language barrier becomes an…
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