Greater Good

Got Gratitude? Share it here!

Welcome to our community gratitude journal, open to all who’d like to express their thanks or share a happy thought.

We need photos! Send us your pics of your Halloween costumes!

I’m happy my friend said, “Let’s take our kids to the pumpkin patch!” And then set a date. We probably wouldn’t have gone otherwise. What a wonderful afternoon we had!
Mom of 3

I am grateful for my beautiful paper birch tree in all it’s glorious fall color!
Nancy

I am grateful for Halloween—it is fun to see the kids get so excited about pumpkins and costumes.
Oakland Dad

I am grateful for my kind, generous and inspiring friends.  They lift my spirits with their humour, warmth and compassion.  I feel very lucky!!
Lisa Noone

We read much about empowering victims of bullies and I’m glad there is help for them.  But I am especially thankful for those patient teachers, coaches, and counselors and others who work with bullies so they can change and learn empathy for others and like themselves and feel valued.
Texas GAL / CASA (Guardian Ad Litem / Court Appointed Special Advocate)

I am grateful for being in the presence of love and family. And hugs from my sister-friend’s beautiful daughter!
Manisha

I’m so proud of my niece, Tara Trudell, a single mom who decided to go back to college. Tara was awarded the prestigious Seabury Fellowship for the second year in a row. She’s a great role-model for her four active kids.
Phoebe Bode

I’m grateful that my brother is such a great uncle to my kids. And changes diapers, too! What a bonus.
Janine Kovac

Every week we post a photo submitted by one of our readers along with all the happy and thankful comments gathered throughout the week.

To contribute, email your gratitude (a sentence or two would be great) or your favorite photo to Janine at janinek@berkeley.edu. 

You can also contribute gratitudes by commenting at the bottom of this post. Please include: your name if you’d like us to use it and any other info you’d like us to list, e.g., if the “gratitude” is from one of your children, it would be great to know his or her age.

Got Gratitude? Share it here!

Welcome to our community gratitude journal, open to all who’d like to express their thanks or share a happy thought.

We need photos! Send us your pics of your Halloween costumes!

I’m grateful that after a few teary weeks of kindergarten during which my daughter felt like she would never make any friends, she apparently has found a friend in “Beckett!”
Kindergarten Mom

For collecting just one more batch of fallen apples from our golden delicious tree…for one more batch of homemade applesauce…
the Newell Family

Today I’m grateful my daughter seems to be fine after I fell down with her in my arms, grateful my hand is not broken, grateful I’m making progress on my dissertation, grateful I have a date night with my husband tonight and really, really, really grateful for my wonderful friends. And coffee. Thank you, ye gods, for the coffee.
Jessica

I am grateful for being able wake up every morning to look forward to a better day.
Brienne

Make a ‘s’ but do not wait, go back around and close the gate!
I’m thankful for poems.
chiara age five 5 trnen six n febuare 6

I am thankful for my friend’s good spirits in the face of chemotherapy.
bryan

I’m grateful for all the time I get to spend in the company of friends who are supportive, creative, and generous.
Janine Kovac

Every week we post a photo submitted by one of our readers along with all the happy and thankful comments gathered throughout the week.

To contribute, email your gratitude (a sentence or two would be great) or your favorite photo to Janine at janinek@berkeley.edu. 

You can also contribute gratitudes by commenting at the bottom of this post. Please include: your name if you’d like us to use it and any other info you’d like us to list, e.g., if the “gratitude” is from one of your children, it would be great to know his or her age.

Got Gratitude? Share it here!

Welcome to our community gratitude journal, open to all who’d like to express their thanks or share a happy thought. We need photos! Send us your pics of your summer fun or back-to-school smiles!

There are a lot of things I’m grateful for—family, health, nice weather—but today I am grateful that I noticed the library book in the washing machine before I started the washer.
Oakland Mom

I’m grateful for work, even volunteer tasks and chores around the house.  Work makes me feel connected and needed and just plain helpful.
EP, Texas

I am grateful I can pursue a higher education.
Nina

I’m grateful that my friend no longer has colon cancer, thanks to chemo and surgery. Makes me want to sing the Hallelujah chorus!
Phoebe

I’m so so grateful that my husband wasn’t hurt when he was rear-ended on the freeway a few weeks ago.
gina

Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law, Liz! I’m so happy that she is a part of our family.
Janine Kovac

Every week we post a photo submitted by one of our readers along with all the happy and thankful comments gathered throughout the week.

To contribute, email your gratitude (a sentence or two would be great) or your favorite photo to Janine at janinek@berkeley.edu. 

You can also contribute gratitudes by commenting at the bottom of this post. Please include: your name if you’d like us to use it and any other info you’d like us to list, e.g., if the “gratitude” is from one of your children, it would be great to know his or her age.