We need to be

We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn’t … Read more

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Erma Bombeck

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

I would rather be

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. Elbert Hubbard

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

Acknowledging the good that

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle