To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.
If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared i his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being.
Todd March: They shouldn't have sent anyone in to find me. If they so much as see you here, if could start a war. Cpl. Matthew Scott: Well, that's gratitude for you.
[Vinny is the lawyer, but Stan thinks he is there to sodomize him] Vinny Gambini: Look, it's either me or them. You're gettin' fucked one way or the other. [Stan tries to get up] Vinny Gambini: Hey, relax, I'm gonna help you. Stan: Gee thanks. Vinny Gambini: Excuse me, I think a modicum of gratitude would not be out of line here. Stan: You think I should be grateful? Vinny Gambini: Yeah, it's your ass, not mine. I think you should be grateful. I think you should be down on your fuckin' knees. Stan: I didn't know it was such an honor to get a visit from you. Vinny Gambini: I'm doing a favor, you know. You're gettin' me for nothing, you little fuck! Stan: That's one hell of an ego you got. Vinny Gambini: What the fuck is your problem? I did not come down here just to get jerked off. Stan: I'm not jerking you off. I'm not doing anything. Vinny Gambini: That's it. You're on your own. I'll just take care of Sleeping Beauty. [Wakes up Bill] Bill: Vinny. Vinny bag o' donuts.
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.
When my parents were liberated, four years before I was born, they found that the ordinary world outside the camp had been eradicated. There was no more simple meal, no thing was less than extraordinary: a fork, a mattress, a clean shirt, a book. Not to mention such things that can make one weep: an orange, meat and vegetables, hot water. There was no ordinariness to return to, no refuge from the blinding potency of things, an apple screaming its sweet juice.
The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being
And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.
True happines is to enjoy the present, without axious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The gratest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
It has been a week since Ami died and this morning I woke suddenly hours before dawn, indeed the same hour as when my mother died. It was not a dream that woke me, but a thought. And with that thought I could swear I heard Ami's voice. But I am not frightened. I am joyous. Joyous with realization. For I cannot help but think what a lucky person I am. Imagine that in all the eons of time, in all the possible universes of which Dara speaks, of all the stars in the heavens, Ami and I came together for one brief and shining sliver of time. I stop. I think. Supposing in the grand infinity of this universe two particles of life, Ami and me, swirl endlessly like grains of sand in the oceans of the world -- how much of a chance is there for these two particles, these two grains of sand, to collide, to rest briefly together... at the same moment in time? That is what happened with Ami and me... this miracle of chance.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Vergiss Kr
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
On a second note, though, I have something to say about pain. There are lots of kinds of pain. Pain of smashing your fingers in a car door, pains of loosing a baby, pain of failing a test. But in their own little ways, these pains are all agonizing. Which is sad, and yet, happy, if you really think about it. If we never lost our car keys, or stepped in gum, or had a bad hair day, what kind of people would we be? In a word? Boring. We wouldn't be passionate; we wouldn't know it was exciting to get pregnant, or score an A on a final. So that's why, today at least, I am grateful for pain. Because it's part of what makes me the whacky, goofy, jaded, person that I am. Peace.
He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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