Category: Gratitude

Gratitude and Perspective

There is a flow to life, and the flow is much easier to capture, ride, and enjoy when we look at things from a perspective of gratitude.

— JMeyer —

There is a flow to life, and the flow is much easier to capture, ride, and enjoy when we look at things from a perspective of gratitude…

Gratitude and Perpetual Thanksgiving

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual... Oh, how I laugh when I think of my vague, indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

— Henry David Thoreau —

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual… Oh, how I laugh when I think of my vague, indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment…

Gratitude and Lacking Nothing

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

— Germany Kent —

It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack…

Gratitude and Blessings in Action

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

— W.T. Purkiser —

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving…

Gratitude and a Rich Life

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.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

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…

Gratitude and Perspective

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

— John Lubbock —

What we see depends mainly on what we look for…

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man, it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.

— Edward Sandford Martin —

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man, it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow…

Gratitude and Constant Contact

He who walks with the Lord and keeps constant contact with Him will see many reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.

— Unknown —

He who walks with the Lord and keeps constant contact with Him will see many reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long…

Gratitude and Thy Goodness

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.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

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.

Gratitude, Defeats, and Beautiful

The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. Beautiful people do not just happen.

— Dr. Kubler Ross —

The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. Beautiful people do not just happen.