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In this excerpt, Br. David describes the opportunities offered to us through our senses as…

Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is true prosperity. Are…

Br. David explores fullness as it relates to mindfulness, wholeheartedness, and gratefulness.

“Thanks! A Strengths-Based Curriculum” features lessons to help students understand the meaning of gratitude and…

Don’t misuse your mind. Don’t say there isn’t anything extraordinary here. ~ The Blue Cliff Record We’re…

The neural connection between gratitude and altruism is very deep, suggests new research.

By balancing our physiology and nervous systems, body-based practices can help us through hard times.

The most courageous, the most caring, and perhaps the most integral response any of us…

If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual…

When I made a commitment to dive deep into the liturgy instead of skimming along…

As a universal phenomenon, accessible to young and old, gratefulness connects each person to all…

We are showered every day with the gifts of the Earth, gifts we have neither…

Many have argued whether the inner life or the outer life is our home; the…

In his commencement address to the Class of 2018 at Assumption College, Nipun Mehta talks…

How might we cultivate gratefulness as a way of being rather than settling for gratitude…

Originally featured in Spirituality and Health magazine in 2002, this article by Br. David continues…

When fear and divisiveness cast a shadow over our schools, gratitude may help us see…

Research suggests that gratitude plays a quiet, key role in building a relationship.

A couple of summers ago, I traveled to the steamy cauldron of central Florida to…

There is growing evidence that being grateful may not only bring good feelings—it may also…