Category: gratitude

A needed ten seconds

June 19, 2012 | 9 comments

  Now here’s a way to spend ten seconds that can change your life. Watch this quick video of Fred Rogers’ acceptance speech for a Lifetime Achievement award in 1997, and see where his request takes you.

Raising teenagers

June 6, 2012 | 9 comments

My son Tyler graduated from high school last week. Yay! Two down, none more to go…from high school anyway… While sitting in the stands during the graduation ceremony, I bubbled over with gratitude for all the spiritual blessings and lessons learned I

Feeling connected to God

June 5, 2012 | 3 comments

Q:  What can you do when you don’t feel God in your life? A:  Be grateful for all the evidence of good around you!  And it is prolific. The influence of atheism on the human consciousness causes some people to

No better place to be

May 15, 2012 | 1 comment

Do you ever make a list of ways your life could be improved? Items like:             If I only had a different job…             If I lived in a different city…             If I made more money…             If I

The benefits of gratitude

March 30, 2012 | 4 comments

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more….It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace