This guest piece is written by Juanita Rasmus. “Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or ...

It was the first Thanksgiving after the end of our marriage of 16 years. My ex-wife moved with our three kids out of town. My parents lived a thousand miles away. It was my only time to experience ...

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “Give thanks in all circumstances.” Everyone’s situation is different, and the details of each life are unique. We can choose to limit our gratitude, based on the blessings ...

Was it a parent or grandparent, a teacher or a friend? Perhaps it was a whole community who taught you gratitude, a neighborhood where people helped one another or a school or faith community that ...

The times have been tough. People are working harder, making less and paying more. Added to the economic desperation and uncertainties were human negligence and Mother Nature’s fury (gusty winds 70 ...

This post is part of a mini-series on seven principles for living gratefully: the principles of gifts, abundance, precarious goodness, prioritizing goodness, promoting goodness, nourishing reliance, ...

More specifically, it’s about a simple, 10-word question that guides people to intentional gratitude–even finding ways to be grateful for circumstances and experiences that other people might think ...

I have a beautiful book, "Everyday Gratitude" put out by The Network for Grateful Living, which is my favorite website. The book is a collection of inspirational quotes with accompanying questions and ...

It was with pleasure that I read Kathryn Lopez’s Aug. 26 column, “Let’s learn to practice the art of being grateful.” So often these columns start with a universal premise and then slyly drift into a ...

18. “Let us rise and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t ...