Posts tagged ‘gratefulness’
Gratefulness for the Source of Love
To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything [God]has given us…and [God] has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of [God's] love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from [God].
– Thomas Merton
Gratefulness for the vineyards that bring us the fruit of the vine
The Blessings of Gratitude
Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
- Jalaluddin Rumi
Let’s Start Something by Being Grateful
For what can I be grateful this day?
Perpetual gratitude toward people around us initiates habits of thankful prayer.
It also starts a chain reaction of giving thanks, till our friends and loved ones and our whole world
become imbued in grateful living.
- Edward Hays
The Last Thankful Post from November
Gratitude is welcome in every season, but as we see out the month of November, here is one more “grateful” quote.
Gratitude is heaven itself.
- William Blake
Gratefully gazing down on the Golden Gate Bridge from my heavenly perch in the sky
How to Find Peace
According to Brother David Steindl-Rast,
We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.
May our season of Thanksgiving have brought us a grateful and peaceful heart
Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful
Let us be thankful. It benefits everyone and everything around us. It even benefits ourselves.
You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
- Sarah Ban Breathnach, from Simple Abundance
Happy Thanksgiving
We don’t need a lot of words when we talk with God. As Meister Eckhart, the Dominican mystic said,
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough
Gratitude Opens Us – Part 2
Many years ago I read the book Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer, by David Steindl-Rast, and loved it. The wisdom found there can be appreciated again and again. As we approach our national feast Thanksgiving, let us ask the Spirit to open our hearts to gratitude every day of the year.
Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.
- David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, Heart of Prayer
Let the unexpected surprise us!
Wisdom from Willie Nelson
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
- Willie Nelson
It’s that time of year when we count the blessings of autumn
