Deepening Your Sense of Belonging

By Brian Smith


I came across an interesting website by the name of Gratefulness.org.

Their purpose is described this way: Our international nonprofit organization provides resources for living in the gentle power of gratefulness, which restores courage, reconciles relationships, and heals our Earth.

The title of this article leads you to one of their pages that provides 4 steps to encourage you to deepen your sense of belonging. Here's a quote from their premise:

"Whether we have been marvelously supported or terribly mistreated in the past (most of us experience a mix of each), we can now choose to live gratefully so that our sense of belonging grows ever stronger."

I also really like this page at their site entitled Gift People. "This forum is a hall-of-fame for people who are gifts in our lives and fill us with gratitude. Here you have an audience of thousands before whom to praise the grandparent who taught you more than any other teacher; an actor, a singer, a writer who inspired you; or maybe a person whose name you never knew, whom you met only once, and to whom you will be grateful forever. Of course you may also want to comment on the Gift People featured on this site or on other favorite saints and heroes."