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The World Needs Appreciation
The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more… Continue Reading “The World Needs Appreciation”
Wednesday of Hope – Embracing our Difficulties
Our approach to gratefulness has to be big enough to embrace all the difficulties of the world. – David Steindl-Rast
Wednesday of Hope – Hope through Appreciation
When we release expectation and experience appreciation, all the moments of our lives become openings and opportunities. – Kristi Nelson
Gratitude – the Fairest Blossom
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. – Henry Ward Beecher
Wednesday of Hope – Hope that Leads Us to Dance
We did not ask for this room or this music; we were invited in. Therefore, because the dark surrounds us, let us turn our faces toward the light. Let us endure hardship to be grateful for plenty…We did not ask for this room or… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Hope that Leads Us to Dance”
Greeting the Morning with Gratitude
As has been my custom in these blog posts, all of the posts focus on gratitude, for as the Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you ever say it ‘Thank you,’ that will be enough. First thing in the morning,… Continue Reading “Greeting the Morning with Gratitude”
Wednesday of Hope – Cup of Hope
Drinking our cup is not simply adapting ourselves to a bad situation and trying to use it as well as we can. Drinking our cup is a hopeful, courageous, and self-confident way of living. It is standing in the world with head erect, solidly… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Cup of Hope”
Wednesday of Hope – In a Power Greater than Ourselves
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. – Maya Angelou
Gratitude the Breath of Life
Every time you express gratitude or compassion for any aspect of yourself or someone else, you breathe life in. – Mariah Fenton Gladis, Tales of a Wounded Healer
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