We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world-to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all..

... the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything ... is a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters mediocrity. Kn….

No matter what, I want to experience a sense of peace while talking. As I look out into the audience, Ill remember to breathe and notice that at my c….

Wholeness invokes balance..

Like so many other positive acts, it turns out that hugging boosts our immune system. Plus it just plain feels good! So hug someone today, perhaps a ….

I got sick and tired of a joyless existence, and so have thought a lot in the past few years about how to bring more joy into my life. The more I thi….

I'm so happy that James Baraz's AWAKENING JOY class is now available in book form. His class has been helpful to thousands of people. I plan to giv….

Eating healthy and exercising won't help you if it's only temporary..

Spiritual leaders teach that waking up is a process, that it doesn't just happen once and for all, but must occur again and again when we realize we ….

Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for….

At each level of gratitude our soul's capacity deepens, starting with contentment to meaningfulness, and finally, to pure joy..

I learned that you don't have to be saddled for life with the mental attitudes you adopted in early childhood. All of us are free to change our minds….

In every single moment, we have the choice to be happy or not. No matter what is going on, we can choose to focus on what is right, what is good and ….

Gratitude helps us love well by keeping us focused on the beauty in our relationship and the person we love..

Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy..

Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment..

In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances..

Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life w….

Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment..

Take a deep breath and think of the three things you are grateful for, right in this moment..

Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness, where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong. It makes us feel complete, tha….