Grateful News June 2016

This month’s Grateful News focuses on women farmers in Nepal, an unusually generous restaurant owner, mobile money in Kenya, “green” goats, and young people turning from drugs to clean living… Women Shake up Farming in Rural Nepal As Nepali men migrate to find work, women are … continue reading

Staff Picks

A collection of favorite resources – both old and new – handpicked by the Gratefulness staff for your perusal. This page will be refreshed 2 – 3 times per month with “gems” which have particularly moved, touched, or engaged us… The Guest House This being human … continue reading

Grateful News May 2016

This month’s Grateful News focuses on the glorious diversity of the human race in photos; an ingenious housing idea; an “odd couple” who are foster parents to 100 children; a hero to children in WWII; and a very grateful and generous CEO… This Photographer Is Making … continue reading

Staff Picks

A collection of favorite resources – both old and new – handpicked by the Gratefulness staff for your perusal. This page will be refreshed 2 – 3 times per month with “gems” which have particularly moved, touched, or engaged us… Flossie Lewis on Growing Old with … continue reading

Grateful for Daniel Berrigan, Poet & Prophet

Mortality A leaf’s falling tells or morning red or evening grey which of two mingling airs blue or blue, time or eternity color old eyes. Tells if flesh melts like snowman under time’s fire; or bones stand clumsy and crutched, March trees waiting – flesh … continue reading

Mothering

There is a mothering quality in each of us, man or woman, no matter how old we are, or the circumstances of our lives. After my sister died of cancer and I began to suffer with insomnia, I spent more time talking with my mother, … continue reading

A Blessing for a Day to Spend in Gratitude

Such a great deal has been written about the power of gratitude it appears unnecessary to belabor this point: it is impossible – repeat, impossible – to hold at the same time the slightest negativity of any sort and authentic gratitude. Their coexistence is simply … continue reading

Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think

When people see themselves as self-made, they tend to be less generous and public-spirited. I’m a lucky man. Perhaps the most extreme example of my considerable good fortune occurred one chilly Ithaca morning in November 2007, while I was playing tennis with my longtime friend … continue reading

Grateful News April 2016

This month’s Grateful News focuses on ways our environment is being saved with edible cutlery, aquaponics, and planting trees.  Plus a new empowering Afghan Sesame Street character… Edible cutlery: could this simple invention help save the world? Every year vast quantities of plastic knives, forks … continue reading

Br. David in South America

Our International Partner, Vivir Agradecidos, is hosting Br. David in Colombia, Argentina and Chile in April/May of 2016. Gratitude, the Path to True happiness April 19, 2016, 6:30 pm Colegio Nueva Granada – Bogotá, Colombia For more information Br. David in Argentina with Anselm Grün April 24-26, … continue reading