This week, we’re celebrating World Gratitude Day on Sunday, September 21, 2025.
We experience gratitude when we recognize goodness in our life, in others, and in the world. Practicing gratitude can open us up to more joy, resilience, and deeper connection with ourselves and others.
The growing research on gratitude is inspiring and convincing. You’ll find a few resources linked in the Explore It section below if you’d like to dive deeper.
Above all, thank you for being here. We are grateful for YOU, our community.
Write It
Journal Prompts
- Who or what brought a smile to my face today?
- Who showed up for me recently? Write a few reasons why you’re grateful for this person.
- What challenge did I face this year? What hidden lesson, growth opportunity, or gift came from it? Write why you are grateful for this experience.
Say It
Affirmations
I am grateful for today and what it will show me.
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Gratitude opens my heart to joy and abundance.
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Today, I will notice and savor a moment of good.
Try It
Action Items
Write and send a thank you note
Make someone’s day by sending them snail mail.
Send a gratitude text
Tell one person today why you appreciate them.
Try a “savoring exercise”
Pause, look around you, and notice what you feel grateful for in your current environment. Pause, notice, savor.
Explore It
Resources & Links
Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives (Article) — Harvard Health Publishing
If You Feel Thankful, Write It Down. It's Good For Your Health (Article + Audio) — NPR Morning Edition
How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain (Article) — Greater Good Magazine
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