Articles

“Love Your Enemies!” What Does It Mean? Can It Be Done?

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom,…
old woman, joy, illness
Articles

Don’t Look for Joy

by Robin Botie
Joy is too elusive a thing to try to capture for oneself. It’s easier to…
Research

All You Need is Love, Gratitude, and Oxytocin

by Greater Good Science Center
(February, 2014) A new study finds a biological mechanism behind “thank you"—and reveals one way…
Videos

To Love and The Rise of Hope

by Arundhati Roy
(April, 2010) Activist and writer Arundhati Roy shares a poem "To Love" and her thoughts…
Videos

Everyone is a Story

by TED
Nora Jaccaud's passion and deep honoring of the human spirit is provocative and inspiring. In…
Articles

Standing our Sacred, Grateful Ground

by Kristi Nelson
Grateful living asks us to connect with those things that matter most deeply to us,…
Videos

Wheelz in the Air: Hitting the Skatepark on a Wheelchair

by Great Big Story
A bold and inspiring example of grateful living! For the past 16 years, Aaron "Wheelz"…
Poetry

An Ode to Silent Poets

by Tesa Silvestre
You see the precious gift of ordinary things as Pablo Neruda did, but need no…
Videos

I Will Be a Hummingbird

by Wangari Maathai
(May, 2010) In this beautifully animated clip from Dirt! The Movie, Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai…
Poetry

The Stone of Heaven

by Jane Hirshfield
Here, where the rivers dredge up the very stone of Heaven, we name its colors—…
Actress Tembi Locke on the TedX Pasadena stage
Videos

What Forty Steps Taught Me About Love and Grief

by Tembi Locke
Actress Tembi Locke shares her story of passion, caregiving, grief, and deep soulful love that…
Poetry

Blessing

by Carrie Newcomer
May you wake with a sense of play, An exultation of the possible. May you…
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