#gratitude

Every Day Spirit Blog Posts

Mary Davis

Aug 2

You Are Perfect: A Hospice Visit

During a hospice visit I overheard the most beautiful conversation of love.

How Gratitude Practice Makes You Happier

Mary Davis

Sep 24, 2019

How Gratitude Practice Makes You Happier

"It is not happiness that makes us grateful; it’s gratefulness that makes us happy.” - David Steindl-Rast All of us would love to live...

Mary Davis

Sep 18, 2019

Peace and Gratitude in a Hurricane

Lessons come to us when we most need to learn them, often in surprising ways. I learned a few things recently from one of my favorite...

Mary Davis

Mar 5, 2019

More Gratitude, Less Worry

This week, in the book and on social media, we've been talking a lot about staying in the present moment to feel better and to live...

Mary Davis

Feb 11, 2019

Lift Your Spirits: Thoughts On Love

No matter what you’ve done or left undone, no matter who you’ve hurt or who hurt you, no matter how it might seem like an exercise in...

Mary Davis

Jan 22, 2019

Today Is a Gift

Early this morning I opened the back door to look around. I noticed the tree limb that was broken by the bird feeder. Under the overgrown...

Mary Davis

Dec 11, 2018

Today's Grace

One of my writing heroes, Sarah Ban Breathnach, writes in her daybook Simple Abundance, that she has never been turned down when asking...

Mary Davis

Nov 28, 2018

A Good Morning Blessing

This morning I share with you a beautiful morning prayer, along with heartfelt wishes that your day unfolds with calm joy and hopeful...

Mary Davis

Nov 13, 2018

Through the Eyes of Gratitude

Today, let's take a minute and slow down a little. Notice more. Breathe it all in. Give thanks. We are rich with gifts, right where we...

Mary Davis

Jun 26, 2018

Slow Down: Today Is a Gift

“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” From one of my heroes, Maya Angelou, this beloved quote illustrates how she...

Mary Davis

May 14, 2018

14 Steps to Calm

A friend called yesterday and shared how she was suffering from daily anxiety and panic attacks. She was the third person to relay a...

Mary Davis

Mar 3, 2018

The Beauty Within

If you woke up today feeling less than beautiful, remember, that no matter what is going on with you, the soul is always beautiful and...

Mary Davis

Oct 30, 2017

Gratitude and Goodbyes

I wake at dawn, wrap in a blanket and head out to soak in the last sights and sounds rising up from this sleepy, hallowed ground. Today...

Mary Davis

Aug 21, 2017

Starting Over with the Sunrise

This morning I wrap in a blanket and pad out the back door to be with the sunrise. The early birds begin in the dark with tentative melodie