#gratitude

The more adept we become at feeling love and gratitude for all life’s earthly learning experiences, the more quickly we are reminded that, whatever hardship may be placed before us, it is our choice always to return to a place of love and gratitude and to give thanks for all that still remains. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#gratitude #honor #hope #inspiration #inspirational-quote

Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#gratitude #happiness #joy #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#wonder #business

Are you sure I can't mend a shirt or darn a sock for you in trade? Anything?" "You can quit your yammerin' and carry this table downstairs so I can get back to minding my own business instead of messing around in yours. ↗

— Karen Witemeyer

#gruffness #humour #business

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the fullest. In each waking day, you will find scores of blessings and opportunities for positive change. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the unchangeable past or the indefinite future! Today is a new day! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blessings #gratitude #inspirational #life #living-now

It is utterly impossible to be happy without being grateful. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#life

Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#choice #empowerment #gratitude #inspirational #motivational

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#friendship #gratitude #friendship

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude. ↗

— Simone Weil

#love #suffering #equality

I am so grateful for the many times God has shown me the mercy of not giving me what I want. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#grateful #gratitude #happiness #life #mercy