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Category: Gratitude
What I Learned About Gratitude Teaching Writing in a Federal Prison
“Everything is gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefulness, and gratefulness is a measure of our aliveness.” ~ Brother David Steindal-Rast Read the article in the @elephantjournal...
read moreGratitude and Friendship: The Chalice and the Flame
I pray for a world where we live in partnership rather than domination; where "man's conquest of nature" is recognized as suicidal and sacrilegious; where power is no longer equated with the blade, but with the holy chalice: the ancient symbol of the...
read moreWhy I Write Gratitude Lists
I don’t really remember when I started writing gratitude lists. I think it goes back to 2005 or 2006 when I was working with a career coach and she encouraged me to keep a gratitude list for a month. Maybe it goes back to the women’s group I a...
read moreWhat I Learned About Gratitude This Year
I started working on my gratitude newsletter in July of 2016. The tone of the 2016 United States Presidential campaign left me no choice but to create something positive in the world. My heart was too heavy to carry all my sadness alone. Working on a...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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