For some, it takes a big turkey and television football to generate thankfulness, but for the folks behind gratefulness.org, the celebration of thanks lasts all year long.
Gratefulness.org is a “network for grateful living (that) facilitates community interaction by providing a set of practices and tools for cultivating gratefulness.” Basically, the site features articles about people doing things to attempt to make the world a better place. For example, the top article is about scientists who believe that ultraviolet light may make cancer-fighting drugs more effective.
The site also offers the option to light a cyber candle, receive a positive word of the day, send a grateful e-card, a suggested list of “grateful” books, poetry and haiku, and practices or meditations to help incorporate grateful living. There are more than a dozen practices with titles like “How Do Animals Teach Gratefulness?” and “Grief and Gratefulness.”
Gratefulness.org is an interesting concept, albeit a little corny. However, it’s never a bad idea to focus on the good things rather then the stuff that sucks, so I’ll bookmark gratefulness.org for my less cynical days. By the way, anyone who’s not a fan of the Grateful Dead will be happy to know there’s not a single mention of Jerry Garcia anywhere on the site.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
