#thankfulness

God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would like it to have been, and we use our minds to come up with rationalizations for our ingratitude. We are a murmuring, discontented, unhappy, ungrateful people. And because we think we want salvation from our discontents... ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#spiritual #thankfulness #inspirational

To witness miracles unfold in your experience, count your blessings and be thankful. Perceived small blessings accumulate to be the most powerful. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#blessings #life #manifestation #miracles #perception

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world. ↗

— John Milton

#etiquette-and-attitude #gratitude #kindness #manners #thankfulness

The whole of the life -- even the hard -- is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. These are new language lessons, and I live them out. There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing. The moments will add up. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#joy #thankfulness #thanksgiving #inspirational

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! ↗

— Elif Shafak

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Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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Instead of thanking God for my two strong legs that are able to run and jump and climb, I whined about my "thunder thighs" and "thick" ankles. Instead of rejoicing that I have two capable arms that can lift and carry and balance my body, I complained about the flab that hung beneath them. I have been totally and unbelievably ungrateful for everything. Like a completely spoiled brat, I took my healthy body for granted. I criticized it and despised it. With crystal clarity, I know that I do not deserve the good health that God has mysteriously blessed me with. Not only have I been unappreciative of my body and its amazing working parts, I tortured it by overexercising, and I put my entire health at serious risk by starving myself. What on earth was wrong with me? As I watch these kids with their less-than-perfect bodies, I feel so thoroughly ashamed of myself. I mean, how could I have been so stupid and shallow and self-centered? ↗

— Melody Carlson

#melody-carlson #perspective #thankfulness #balance

Ingratitude to God does not rely only on our refusal to give the verbal thanksgiving due to Him, but also recides in our inability to appreciate his gifts and potentials in us by leaving them untapped. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#appreciation #food-for-thought #gifts #god #grateful

Gratitude is the real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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Every once in awhile God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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