Naleena
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I made this thread for anyone who would like to participate in an on going gratitude list. I know it's easy sometimes to focus on what's not going right in our lives. I used to be one of the most negative people you could meet. All I focused on was what was wrong and boy was there plenty of it! I learned that whatever I focus on, is what I saw. As I continued on my jouney of life, I began to start seeing the good things in my life. The more good you look for, the more you will see. It's like whatever you focus on, comes to you.
Focusing on what is right and being thanful can be a life changeing experience. I left some quotes below incase anyone wants to read them. My favorite of them is "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. -Meister Eckhart
1. I am greatful today for the opportunity to serve homeless vets with my son who was so excited about it he didn't wait on me to bake the cookies.
2. I am thankful for my sister. You all know her as Eve. She always has my back. I love you, Eve.
3. I am thankful for all of you. Some of you have become my friends, others I admire from afar.
4. I am thankful for the things that I go through that teach me to be a better person. They really suck when I am going through them but, I am greatful because without them, I wouldn't be who I am.
5. I am greatful for coffee! Mmmmmmm! Fresh ground beans and real cream! Half and half please. : )
Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.
-Alfred Painter
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. -H. U. Westermayer
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. -Brother David Steindl-Rast
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. -Meister Eckhart
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. -Eric Hoffer
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. -Melodie Beattie
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. -Cicero
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. -Denis Waitley
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. -Buddha
Focusing on what is right and being thanful can be a life changeing experience. I left some quotes below incase anyone wants to read them. My favorite of them is "If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. -Meister Eckhart
1. I am greatful today for the opportunity to serve homeless vets with my son who was so excited about it he didn't wait on me to bake the cookies.
2. I am thankful for my sister. You all know her as Eve. She always has my back. I love you, Eve.
3. I am thankful for all of you. Some of you have become my friends, others I admire from afar.
4. I am thankful for the things that I go through that teach me to be a better person. They really suck when I am going through them but, I am greatful because without them, I wouldn't be who I am.
5. I am greatful for coffee! Mmmmmmm! Fresh ground beans and real cream! Half and half please. : )
Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.
-Alfred Painter
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. -H. U. Westermayer
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. -Brother David Steindl-Rast
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. -Meister Eckhart
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. -Eric Hoffer
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. -Melodie Beattie
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. -Cicero
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. -Denis Waitley
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. -Buddha
