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Gratitude
The writer and neurologist on being glad to be alive.
The December Project
Sara Davidson on being inspired by Reb Zalman's take on dying.
What Do We Know
Mary Oliver's poem on gratitude on waking in the morning.
The Shattered Lantern
Ronald Rolheiser on how gratitude is a result of discipline.
Starlight
John Shea on G.K. Chesterton's story about the persona of Santa Claus extending to all things and feeling gratitude.
The Romance of the Word
Episcopal priest Robert Farrar Capon writing on the spiritual practice of gratitude.
The Wisdom of Islam
Robert Frager's teaching story on the fifth level of the sense of self, or nafs in the Sufi tradition.
In This Very Life
Sayadaw U Pandita's teaching story about true gratitude.
Living the Wisdom of St. Francis
Wayne Simsic on St. Francis singing his gratitude with a nightingale.
Words of Gratitude
Brother David Steindl-Rast on gratitude during adversity (book by Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill).