On Day 3 of the Grateful Perspective series, I stop to invite peak awareness. Peak experiences are those that engulf all our senses and leave us feeling more connected than ever to ourselves and our shared humanity. These experiences can also deliver us in awe and a larger landscape for…

Remember that saying, into every life, a little rain must fall? (I realized today that it came from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, The Rainy Day). Today’s grateful perspective is an invitation to accept the ‘rain’ as part of life, embrace poignancy and move forward. We cannot fool the heart —…

Last year, I reviewed Kristi Nelson’s ‘Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Power of Taking Nothing For Granted‘ and have been wanting to delve into some of the practices she recommends in her book. I decided to look at how a grateful perspective can lead me to go deeper into gratitude.…