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✨Gratitude Junkies✨ (opens the original)
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Gratitude Junkies was co-founded by C Simone and Andrea Thorfinson.To participate and share your own reflection on each month’s theme, simply reach out to one of our co-founders to join the team. FAQs about Gratitude Junkies can be found here.This month’s theme was selected by Judy Iannaccone.💛ThresholdsWhere does gratitude reign?In th
The Unfinished Question: On Culture (opens the original)
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✨Gratitude Junkies✨ (opens the original)
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This month’s topic was chosen by Amy Tostenson. 💛GratitudeI don’t start with gratitude. Most days, being aliveis simply the air I breathe,not a gift, not a curse,just the room I’m in.Still, there are moments:a door held,a jump-start,directions given freely.And relief,it wasn't my plane,the newborn is healthy,the job is still there.Circumstance, too:not at war,not hungry,endless opportunity.Bu
✨Gratitude Junkies✨ (opens the original)
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IntuitionRemains a mystery,some see it as a gift,others believe it’s a sixth sense.I simply knowit goes by many names.May be wisdom,might be worry,yet offers a signalworth attention.It may gently pull,or urgently push,leaving us with a feelingwe can't explain.Information is incomplete,choices carry risk,certainty seldom arrives.Yet the moment comeswhen we must choose.Something bridges the gapbetween what we knowand what we choose.Whatever that something is,I’m grat
The Unfinished Question: On Agency (opens the original)
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