Greater Good

Grateful? Share it here! Our community gratitude journal is open to all who’d like to express their thanks or share a happy thought. Send us your pics of your summer fun or your back-to-school smiles!

I’m grateful for having such a healthy, loving family. Living on Maui is merely icing on the cake of life.
Mahalo, Alex

Grateful for these beautiful, crisp fall days! I’m grateful for online social networking and commerce (thank you Etsy!)
Jake White

I’m grateful for my school.
Inez, kindergartner

Grateful for seatcovers in public bathroom stalls, how far my Toyota goes on empty, people who take time to help an elder amidst the throngs of folks in busy public transit, technology that helps one keep up on the go with traffic and weather, for critters who are so happy to see you arrive home!
Catherine

I am grateful for loving relationships, good work & abundance.
Bert Kessler

I’m thankful for all those people—teachers, parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, friends who teach others how to read.  We take reading for granted and the ability to read opens opportunities galore!
Phoebe

I’m grateful that we are all adjusting well to our new school schedules!
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 [at] berkeley [dot] 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.