Meditations United Nations: A Meditation for Peace by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB “The present state of worldwide anxiety, which is characteristic of all great periods of radical…
Poetry The Grief Cry of James by Dale Biron Two expressions of the mystery: one of sudden joy and arriving, one of profound grief…
Articles Appreciation and Independence: On Gratitude in Young Adulthood by Donna Torney With many young adults starting life with mountains of student debt, owing a debt of…
Articles How Can Our Gratitude Contribute to World Peace? by Dr. Kerry Howells Every day we witness the brutality of war and atrocity, and can feel hopeless or…
Q&A Is Grateful Living a Religious Site? by Margaret Wakeley Q: I wonder is your site religion-based? I am a nontheist Quaker. I love all the…
Poetry When I Am Asked by Lisel Mueller When I am askedhow I began writing poems,I talk about the indifference of nature. It…
Poetry Lost by David Wagoner Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside youAre not lost. Wherever you are is…
Poetry A Ritual to Read to Each Other by William Stafford If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the…
Poetry The Wind, One Brilliant Day by Antonio Machado The wind, one brilliant day, calledto my soul with an odor of jasmine. "In return…
Poetry The Way It Is by William Stafford There’s a thread you follow. It goes amongthings that change. But it doesn’t change.People wonder…
Research Why Health Professionals Should Cultivate Gratitude by Leif Hass A physician learns how gratitude can bring more meaning and resilience to his work.
Poetry The Traveling Onion by Naomi Shihab Nye When I think how far the onion has traveledjust to enter my stew today, I…