A Gratitude that Serves the World

Gratitude is a powerful practice that not only serves us as individuals, but acts as a healer of the collective. Our gladness for the world is subversive to the destructive elements of culture, including toxic individualism, consumerism, and other ideologies rampant in these times. We will explore the cultural power of gratitude, and offer a model for deepening into a kind of radical practice to benefit ourselves, and our world.

Gratitude is the first practice in the spiral of the Work That Reconnects, and is integral to grounding us all in times of loss, oppression, and chaos. This offering is a deeper dive into the practices.

Barbara Ford is a climate justice activist, artist, and poet. She is a veteran facilitator of the Work That Reconnects and related practices, primarily serving activist communities.