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Cultivating Contagious Gratitude
When I walk through my plant nursery, The Sacred Garden, right after we have watered, there is a tangible energy in the air. Everything feels different. When I stop to be observant…
Give the Best Present: The Gift of your Presence
Recently I met someone who reminded me about what really matters, someone who inspired a perspective that remade my world anew. And for that reason, I’m so glad I can say yes to th…
Giving Thanks for Giving Thanks
One day recently, as we sat outside a bakery where the season's first pumpkin pies had just gone on display, my friend T told me that she hates Thanksgiving.She said she hates it b…
Giving Thanks for the Small Stuff (And Nothing is Small Stuff)
Having suffered several losses in my family over the years, I must admit that it has changed my view of gratitude. Before my mom and brother got sick and passed away, I might have …
Giving Verbal Bouquets: Cultivating Appreciation
Being in a state of appreciation naturally begets a desire to share it with others as often as possible.
Grateful People Are Happier People
"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer."—Doris Lessing Think of anything—big or small—that exists in your life, whether it is a…
Gratitude Ritual for the New Moon
The new moon, fully inhabiting the shadow, offers a potent time for exploring gratitude for the rhythms of life.
Gratitude: An Act of Truth Telling
Excerpted from Ambition Addiction: Giving Thanks on the Road to Recovery by Benajmin Shalva
How Do You Mother Your Mother?
How the divine feminine, car washes, snarky t-shirts, and senior care advisers can help when a parent requires your care.
How Gratitude for Life Beats Fat
It took losing 50 pounds for Brad Hirschfield to even realize that he was overweight, or so he jokes. The joke is, in fact, on point: Hirschfield, 38, is a teacher and Orthodox rab…
How to Reinvest in Your Love Fund
Recognize that the deficit often comes from an inability to receive.
Just Say T–I–A
My wife, Amy, arrived with Patrick Dale Sutherland, our newly adopted 14-month-old son from Zambia, on Sunday, April 26. She had been in Zambia for 14 weeks. Zambia is a peaceful c…
Let Grief and Gratitude Coexist: Ingredients for the Holidays
Gratitude and grief are both essential and need to be welcomed and honored, especially during the holidays.
Living for the Future with Joanna Macy
Eco-Buddhist Joanna Macy on facing an uncertain future, changing the world through love, and looking at the Earth as an extension of ourselves.
