Research The Key to a Happy Life? Gratitude That Goes Beyond Thanksgiving by Alene Dawson, L.A. Times 10 reasons why it’s beneficial to cultivate an attitude of gratitude year round, not just…
Poetry You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent…
Poetry Last Night As I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado Last night as I was sleeping,I dreamt—marvelous error!—that a spring was breakingout in my heart.I…
Interviews The Gospel of Gratitude According to Brother David Steindl-Rast by Rob Sidon This interview appeared originally in The 43rd Anniversary Gratitude Issue of Common Ground Magazine
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…