July Newsletter

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“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”    –  Socrates
Dear Friend -We welcome you to notice the many wonders of this moment, and to celebrate the wisdom of wonder in the face of life’s consistent invitations for us all to embrace and create change.

At A Network for Grateful Living, we are celebrating change – visible in this newsletter and our website – as it allows us to more fully offer the mission, vision, and values of grateful living to you and to the world. Please join us…

Our website is overflowing with gifts to nourish, inspire, uplift, and comfort you every day, any time of day. Explore its riches.

New website video tour: Watch this 30-minute orientation to learn about the new site layout, navigation and features.

Blog, News & More: Look here for Staff Picks (featuring the monthly poem and other moving resources), Grateful News, Events, Stories, and Blogs from many friends.

Below you will find four wonderful ways to practice grateful living, making new use of some of the features of the website. Explore all four, and bring gratitude to your life!

With appreciation for the kinship of our values,
The Gratefulness Team – Kristi, Margaret, Katie & Saiorse

GRATEFUL LIVING PRACTICES

LIGHT A CANDLE

Create Candle Groups

Many people like to be part of a community with a specific focus as they engage in candle-lighting rituals. As such, we offer the following way to informally affiliate with an issue, or a “group,” so that you can feel connected to others with shared concerns: How to Connect to Candle Groups. Join almost 20 million people – light a candle today.

GIVING

“Honor Brother David

Br. David turns 89 this week! Celebrate his birthday and life’s work with a gift toA Network for Grateful Living. With our new site, when you make the gift, you can send a personalized card to him at [email protected]. We will compile all cards and share them with Brother David when we see him July 27! Generosity expresses gratefulness – share yours today.

WORD FOR THE DAY

Make it Home

Many people like to be reminded of theWord for the Day throughout the day. You can make the daily quote with the corresponding photo your homepage by pasting this link into your browser and setting it as your homepage.  As a bonus, you will also be able to reflect on the Daily Question as well. Keep gratefulness as your home, and in your heart.

DAILY QUESTION

Around the Table 

Our new Daily Questions are thought-provoking ways to generate greater grateful awareness. When you Create A Profile, you can share reflections or write in your journal. Regardless, you can share the Daily Question with your friends, family and/or co-workers each day to stimulate grateful conversation! Pull up a chair and pull out a Question.