August Newsletter

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are – Theodore Roosevelt
Dear Friends –
In the spirit of doing all that we can with all that we have learned, today we unveil some exciting, important improvements to our beloved website. Please come see…

Our new Gratefulness.org homepage has been designed to:
You will notice other small changes as well, including:
  • Our beautiful Gratefulness eCards have additional functionality
  • The Create A Profile page is more streamlined and informative
  • The Word for the Day email has a bit more symmetry and color
In September, we will offer Gratefulness.org to a wider world; one hungry for meaning, true joy, and lasting peace. Please join us in sharing the kindness of grateful living with others in your life – send an eCard, dedicate a candle, share a poem – and make the world a little bit brighter. Thank you.
In the kinship of our shared values –

Featured this month:

SEND AN ECARD

Sharing an eCard is a wonderful way to practice grateful living. And we’ve made it even easier to send and receive cards with added enhancements and features. New cards are added regularly too! Who is waiting to receive a message of love, celebration, or thanks from you?
FEATURED RESOURCE

Thich Nhat Hahn & Brother David Steindl Rast
These two old friends – a Buddhist monk and a Benedictine monk – talk about their common work for peace; gratefulness bringing us into the moment; the power to let go, forgive and understand; and the love of community.
GRATEFUL NEWS

Here is your opportunity to hear the good news: Every day people like you build a grateful world through acts of creativity and compassion. This month’s Grateful News focuses on effective alternative health care, empowering economically-challenged neighborhoods, generosity from garbage dumps, and ecology ideas.
A GRATEFUL GATHERING

The entire Network for Grateful Living staff and board gathered in California this July for our annual Board Retreat. Over two dynamic days, we clarified the organization’s programmatic efforts over this next year and set our sights on developing a robust Fundamentals of Grateful Living curriculum.