The author in this article reports a Parse research method study on the universal experience of feeling grateful with 10 participants living in community. The central finding of this study is the structure: The living experience of feeling grateful is potent elation amid tribulation arises with the assuredness-unassuredness of benevolent alliances. The findings are discussed in relation to the humanbecoming school of thought and related literature. New knowledge generated from this study: (a) explicates unique ways of becoming related to feeling grateful, (b) enhances understanding of ways of connecting with persons in practice, and (c) reveals phenomena for further research.
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