Posts tagged ‘gratefulness’
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 this music. But because we are here, let us dance.
– Stephen King
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, before you meet or greet anyone, remember to greet all of nature, all visible and invisible creatures. Say to them: “I am grateful for your work, I love you and want to be in harmony with you!” At this very moment, in response to your greeting, all of nature will open to you and send you energy for the entire day.
– Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov, Prosveta Publishing
We Are Doubly Blessed
Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it.
– M.J. Ryan
