“In our daily life it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy”. (Anonymous) In the past I used to tell stories about my life expecting sympathy. I guess it made me feel good to hear people say, “O…poor Iyan” or “I feel sorry, Iyan…”. And back then, I tended to blame others for my...

When Putri, our new team member now in charge of communications for ONEWORLD retreats, told me that we should consider doing our newsletters thematically, I thought the idea was appealing. I asked her what she had in mind for the next letter, she said, “How about ‘gratitude’?” and straight away I was grateful that she had joined the team and...