Located in the tranquil surroundings of Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo, the wishing tree provides a sacred place for visitors to write prayers, wishes or messages of gratitude on an ema (votive ...

A yellow Post-it with a poem written in cursive: “My mom is not a sigh/She ... of her family’s life that her books do not. (A journal of conversations she had with a therapist starting in ...

Typing is fast, but handwriting has hidden power. Putting pen to paper does more than just record thoughts—it builds memory, sharpens focus, and even sparks creativity. Science backs this up. Studies ...

A 2003 study found that people who wrote in a gratitude journal every week exercised more regularly and felt better about their lives and had fewer physical symptoms.

The Palestinians had become used to and further doubled down on demanding without giving or expressing any gratitude. Listen to Hamas. They’ve had their derrieres kicked but they are always ...

Life is often filled with unexpected challenges, and it’s easy to become consumed by what’s not going right. Negative thoughts can take over, leaving little room for positivity or appreciation.

Once upon a time, “keyboard” meant an expensive typewriter that weighed 40 pounds, so teaching penmanship in school seemed ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One of the saddest laments I often hear when tragedy strikes is “why me?” It’s a thoroughly natural question as we grapple ...

Eid falls on the first day of the tenth month of the Islamic calendar, called Shawwal; it marks the end of the month of fasting and is observed as a day of joy, gratitude, and reflection.

It’s not unusual for presidents to want to hear some words of gratitude. But the friction usually happens behind closed doors. By Erica L. Green Reporting from Washington After President Trump ...

Jenny Connors is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Women’s Theatre Collective, as well as the director of the new musical The Hello Girls about the telephone girls in World War I, who ...