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Do you want to end the year on an energetic high and begin the momentum for creating a magnificent New Year?   Then join me in my annual end-of-the-year activity: making a list of 100 things to be grateful for this year.   Don’t have 100 things to be grateful for you say?  Ah, I’ll bet [...]

The reason a consistent practice of gratitude is such a powerful tool to transform our lives is because it connects us to our Source.  It connects us directly to the Infinite Organizing Power of the Universe (whether you call it God, Infinite Intelligence, Universal Love or whatever.)  Gratitude helps us emerge from the little box we’ve [...]

We are all deeply connected to possibilities that can turn our lives around in ways we can’t even imagine. But we’ll miss them all if we’re focused on what’s not working, and who’s to blame. Gratitude opens our eyes to the connectedness of all things and the abundance of opportunities all around us.

Have you ever had periods in your life where everything just seemed to be going right?  I’ve had that recently.  One day I had so many blessings all in one day that I caught myself thinking, “Wow, I’m really on a lucky streak.” I felt very grateful…and then I started to feel nervous. “What’s wrong [...]

A happy side benefit to developing a gratitude practice is that you naturally become deeply respectful of our planet.  It’s a benefit that’s good for you and good for the world as a whole. As we focus on the things we are grateful for it’s natural that we begin to turn our attention to the [...]

When I ask people to think about the qualities in friends and family members they are grateful for, most folks can come up with an extensive list such as:  “I’m grateful for their support, their love, their listening skills, their compassion; or, they make me laugh, I feel good around them, they taught me something [...]

Mother’s Day is finally here and it seems like it’s been way too long of a time since we moms have been recognized and celebrated.  In fact, one day a year is just too skimpy of a time segment for our children, our spouses and other caring relatives to recognize the immense sacrifices we moms [...]

Today is Good Friday, and my daughter asked me, “Mom, why do they call it Good if it’s the day Jesus was hung on the cross and died?”  I seem to remember asking that same question of my mom when I was a child.  Perhaps you’ve asked it yourself.  I remember my mom saying something [...]

Another important benefit of practicing gratitude is that it helps us truly receive.   Now, before you say, “But isn’t it more important to give than receive?” Or,” I don’t have any trouble receiving,” I’ll ask you to take another look at that. Our whole world depends upon a balance of giving and taking.  We give [...]

Next to a driveway I take frequently to access  a hiking trail head, there’s a kind of a bush or tree that I assumed was dead because it had fallen down and it’s limbs were scattered in a seemingly chaotic pattern.  It looked awful.  Being winter, of course, there are no leaves on any trees, [...]