The hardest arithmetic to

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer

Do not spoil what

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. Epicurus

Do not spoil what

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus

He is a wise

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus

In the end, though,

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. … Read more

Gratitude helps you to

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. Eileen Caddy

Two kinds of gratitude:

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give. Edwin Arlington Robinson

I thank you God

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e. e. cummings

The essence of all

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Friedrich Nietzsche