The Love You Make: Grateful for Giving and Receiving
The iconic Beatles lyric, “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” resonates deeply because it encapsulates a timeless truth about the power of love and reciprocity. As we approach the end of the year, this quote invites us to reflect on how we’ve given and received love […]
Gratitude for Life’s Cycles of Coming Together and Falling Apart
“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of […]
A Season of Gratitude: Finding Warmth and Light
The holiday season is often associated with traditions, celebrations, and togetherness. While it is a time of reflection for many faiths, it is also a universal invitation to embrace gratitude, generosity, and connection. At its heart, this season calls us to appreciate the light and warmth that exist within our lives, even as the world […]
Gratitude & Appreciation Strengthens our Spirit and Spreads our Light
“Gratitude and Appreciation trigger a chemical shift in the body, toward health and well-being. Our vibrational field grows stronger, and we exude the Light of Spirit. Appreciation creates a snowball effect in which we become sensitized to all the Good around us, and we multiply it by our gratitude for it.”— Deanna Allcorn Smith, A […]
Gratitude: Embracing the Abundance of Enough
In a world driven by striving and comparison, the idea of “enough” is revolutionary. We live in a culture that often glorifies excess, achievement, and more—more success, more possessions, more accolades. Yet, as Brené Brown so wisely shares, “Gratitude is how we acknowledge that there is enough and that we are enough.” This simple yet […]
Grateful for Unexpected Human Kindness
In a world bustling with distractions and challenges especially during the busy holidays, moments of unexpected human kindness shine like beacons of light. They remind us of our shared humanity and the boundless capacity for goodness within us all. Whether it’s a stranger paying for a coffee, a friend’s kind words at just the right […]
From Thanksgiving to Thanks Living!
Thank you to Rev. Martha Creek for permission to share your write up on Thanks Living!On Thanksgiving we were reminded of the importance of gratitude, but why limit such a profound practice to just one day? In fact, Thanksgiving offers a perfect moment to deepen our awareness of gratitude and extend it beyond the holiday, […]
Cast All Your Votes for Dancing: Grateful for Joy and Freedom
Cast All Your Votes for Dancing I know the voice of depressionStill calls to you. I know those habits that can ruin your lifeStill send their invitations. But you are with the Friend nowAnd look so much stronger. You can stay that wayAnd even bloom! Keep squeezing drops of the SunFrom your prayers and work […]
Embracing Quiet Moments of Gratitude
In our busy lives, we often move from one task to the next without much pause. But within those pauses—the quiet, reflective moments—we find the greatest gifts of gratitude. Sometimes, we overlook these moments or see them as insignificant, but when we make time to feel grateful, even for simple things, we can uncover a […]