I am sure you know someone who has way more than you do: whether it is money, health, physical beauty, or friends --but who has an “it’s never enough” attitude, complaining about life as if they have ...

True gratitude, a response to an unlimited universe, is never harmful. Yet, when gratitude is misunderstood and misplaced, it becomes a toxic transfusion. Saying "I am grateful" doesn't ease an ...

In 2022, Stacy Batten said, her “whole year was on fire.” Her husband died of cancer, and her father died after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Her mother was diagnosed with cancer. And she ...

Note: Various colleagues are filling in while First Things First President and CEO Lauren Hall is on maternity leave. The following was written by Mitchell Qualls and published at firstthings.org in ...

Gratitude is an attitude of happiness. It will enable you to experience the best things in your life. Gratitude is one of the basic things we need to order to experience happiness. It is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. Work contributes significantly to mental health. Based on ...

Seven years ago, French priest Father Lionel Dalle wanted to find ways to help people place gratitude at the heart of their daily lives and to establish it permanently so that it would become “like a ...

When President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Thanksgiving in 1863, it probably seemed to many an odd time to be thankful. The nation was torn apart by the Civil War. Still, Lincoln found ...

Gratitude is more than saying “thank you.” It is an attitude, a lens through which we view life, and a posture of the heart that recognises God’s hand in all things. Lent invites us to cultivate this ...

“No problem,” and “no worries” have become alternatives for “you’re welcome.” They disturb me because they reflect something other than sincerity. They sound like noblesse oblige, the obligation of ...