Quotes About Gratitude

it's such a privilege to not die prematurely

grateful that as soon as she stepped off the plane to walk into the blast of heat, her arthritic joints stopped playing up haven't so much as muttered a word of protest since grateful that the sale of the house in London allowed them to buy this one by the beach

although sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting older because it's such a privilege to not die prematurely, she tells them as the night draws in around her kitchen table in her cosy terraced house in Brixton

ageing is nothing to be ashamed of especially when the entire human race is in it together although sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting older because it's such a privilege to not die prematurely

Anger eats up years faster than happiness, chile.

I'm sorry that your journey into my life was such that you had to endure so much suffering. But if that is the road God had you travel in order for our paths to cross, then we have no choice but to accept the purpose it has served and be grateful for it.

Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.

Until you've seen this trash can dream come true. You stand at the edge while people run you through. And I thank the Lord there's people out there like you. I thank the Lord there's people out there like you.

I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

I look at my yesterdays for months past, and find them as good a lot of yesterdays as anybody might want. I sit there in the firelight and see them all. The hours that made them were good, and so were the moments that made the hours. I have had responsibilities and work, dangers and pleasure, good friends, and a world without walls to live in.

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.

Every day, when you got that first animal, I didn't care what else happened. As long as you got that first one, it was a good day." - Jeff Popwich

Both a baby and a poem masquerade as something we've created, when we know that they arrive from somewhere beyond us, that they are gifts.

She reads his poems gratefully in her small Mississippi town. It's an undramatic life, yet these past months she seems to have found the intensity he yearns for, This also sounds like bragging, though she doesn't mean it to. If she could, she'd let him bear her secret. She'd let all great men bear it, for s few hours. Then, when she too it back, they'd remember how it feels to be inhabited.

But there's a blessing in everything if we open our eyes.

You're wrong, Mama. The world's beautiful, but you're so busy being disappointed in everything you don't see it!!

My mother used to say that each day was a gift and how we chose to unwrap it would determine our happiness.

I made a mental note that if I ever needed help from a man I would make him a pie.

The thing about obsessing about a happy ending is that you forget to enjoy the journey along the way, You forget to appreciate the people alongside you.

Prayer Father God, there are times when we have felt that things have been taken away and stolen from us by the Enemy. Thank You that You sent Your Son Jesus to redeem our lives, to restore us, revive us, and renew us. Thank You for never forgetting us, no matter what our circumstances may tell us. Thank You for always loving us. We praise You for who You are, for all You have done and all You will do in our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen.

I wouldn't want to, say, move to L.A. or New York or some other fast-paced city where there's lots of action and excitement. Here's what I think: you make your own adventure in life. And I truly believe that if you open your eyes to your surroundings, there's lots of neat stuff to be found practically anywhere on earth. For me, the grass is never greener outside of Hawaii. If you ask me my

My folks, checking their mailbox, were astounded to find thousands of letters awaiting them. How could they possibly