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Category: Gratefulness
Fullness of Life
What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness. – David Steindl-Rast in Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit
I would suggest that one of the most important habits to cultivate is that of Gratitude. Let’s not let the opportunities to be grateful and say “thank you” pass us by! Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit”
When and Where to be Grateful
Looking behind I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward I am filled with vision. Looking upwards I am filled with strength. Looking within I discover peace. – Apache Prayer
Amazing Words from Etty Hillesum
As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more the good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
The Attracting Power of Gratitude
Feeling grateful towards someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life. – Christiane Northrup
The Power of Gratefulness
One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation. – David Steindl-Rast in Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
November – A Month of Thanksgiving
For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes! – Dag Hammarskjold
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… Continue Reading “Gratefulness for the Source of Love”
Greeting the Morning, Come what May
There will be something, anguish or elation, that is peculiar to this day alone. I rise from sleep and say: Hail to the morning! Come down to me, my beautiful unknown. – Jessica Powers
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