You cannot be grateful and bitter. You cannot be grateful and unhappy. You cannot be grateful and without hope. You cannot be grateful and unloving. So just be grateful…
Grateful-Just Be
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You cannot be grateful and bitter. You cannot be grateful and unhappy. You cannot be grateful and without hope. You cannot be grateful and unloving. So just be grateful…
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In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich…
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Thankful…for each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything Thy goodness sends.
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Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted–a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul…
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“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
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As with all commandments, gratitude is a description of a successful mode of living. The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us…
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He who walks with the Lord and keeps constant contact with Him will see many reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long…
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Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart.
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I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency of taking things for granted and/or being so immersed in life that my attitude forces me to see all that is “half empty” in the world. A discipline I started not too long ago entails me acknowledging something I am grateful for each morning while…
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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.