by Kate | Oct 11, 2017 | Gratitude, kind promises
If you look online, it’s easy to find ideas for practicing gratitude. (Check this and that, for example.) Each day, when I go to my computer, I make a note of something for which I have been grateful in the last 24 hours. In addition, I am practicing “gratitude...
by Kate | Oct 20, 2016 | Delight of the day, Gratitude, kind promises
If you go to the website of Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, you will find that one of their core themes is gratitude. In fact, their multiyear Expanding Gratitude Project seeks to expand the science and practice of gratitude....
by Kate | Oct 12, 2016 | Gratitude, joy, kind promises, meditation
Yesterday, I heard columnist David Brooks on the radio describing a moment he experienced as he watched his children playing in the yard: “It’s one of those moments when life and time feel like they’re suspended. I had a feeling of being overwhelmed with gratitude....
by Kate | Oct 5, 2016 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, Gratitude
This month, I am focusing on appreciating blessings. Sometimes, in the midst of illness, it’s hard to find a way toward gratitude. In a video produced by the International Progressive MS Alliance, Caroline Sincock, a woman diagnosed, as I am, with secondary...
