Category: Life Issues

Receiving and Gratitude

Posted November 25, 2018 - Gratitude

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.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Grateful-Just Be

Posted November 24, 2018 - Fear, Gratitude

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.

— Unknown —

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…

Blessed

Posted November 23, 2018 - Giving

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.

— Unknown —

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting…

Blessings in Action

Posted November 22, 2018 - Gratitude, Helping Others

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…

The Year of the BHAC’s

Posted November 21, 2018 - Achievement, Change, Effort, Leadership, Prioritize-Prepare-Plan

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

— Solomon —

Please note…this blog was not supposed to be published until 12/01/18 but yours truly made a mistake. It’s now been published two days in a row…maybe the Big Guy knows there is someone out there who needed to read this post a couple of weeks early and more than one time. Wow! It’s hard to…

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Thy Goodness

Posted November 21, 2018 - Gratitude

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.

Look for Good

Posted November 20, 2018 - Gratitude, Joy

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.

— Rabbi Harold Kushner —

P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Galatians 5:22, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness”

Ordinary Blessings

Posted November 19, 2018 - Gratitude

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

— William Arthur Ward —

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

Beautiful is Work

Posted November 18, 2018 - Gratitude

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.

Grateful to Happy

Posted November 17, 2018 - Gratitude

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

— Brother David Steindl-Rast —

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.