Quotes About Gratitude

I have to go. I'll just say goodbye to David and Theo. Pilar kissed Maddy lightly, absently on the cheek, and made the girl's color come up. See you later. Yeah, okay. How come they're for me? she asked Tyler. Because I hear you did good. He held them out. You want them or not? Yeah, I want them. She took them, noted the little flutter in her belly as she sniffed. A kind of muscle reflex, she supposed it was. A nice one. Nobody ever gave me flowers before.

Lew? Not that I don't appreciate it, but it

Our life is a gift, not always easy, certainly not always perfect.

for. I have a fine daughter." Touched

need this." Maureen jogged in place. "Eighteen kindergartners on a sugar high. Every teacher in America should have their salaries doubled and get a bouquet of roses every freaking week. And a bottle of Landon Whiskey's gold label." "I

There is a source for the light, for all we are, for the air we breathe, the earth we stand on. Life is a gift, even to a blade of grass, and must be honored. We have been given more, and must honor the gift and the giver.

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.

You're the most beautiful thing I've seen in my life. And I've been fortunate enough to see a great deal of beauty.

Your power doesn't come from a void, girl. There is a source for the light, for all we are, for the air we breathe, the earth we stand on. Life is a gift, even to a blade of grass, and must be honored. We have been given more, and must honor the gift and the giver.

Because you can end up taking beautiful things for granted if you get too used to them.

But there's something else you and I understand, or should. And that is that love is precious, and too often stolen away. You've got a chance to grab hold of it again. And I say lucky you.

Thanking someone for where your life ended up is the same as blaming them for it. We're all responsible for ourselves.

Sorry, bad wing. When Theo kissed him, surprise and pleasure flustered him. He couldn't remember the last time this boy, this young man, had done so. God, I'm glad to see you. He pressed his lips to his daughter's hair, leaned into his son. So glad to see you. Don't ever do that again. Maddy kept her face pressed against his chest. She could smell him, feel his heart beat. Not ever again.

you repay kindness with kindness, then there's more of it.

Sou assim velho porque tive o prazer de viver muito.

It calmed him, reminded him life offered a whole bounty of good things from the simple to the amazing. You just had to take a few minutes now and then to find them.

Há pessoas que têm aqui uma bela vida - comentou baixinho - Plantam jardins em canteiros e fazem piqueniques no verão. - E algumas pessoas vivem em palácios e não conseguem ter uma boa vida.

He cut you off from your family, your friends. He whittled your world right down, didn't he, and hammered at you to be grateful for it." He had, of course he had. She hadn't seen it happening because it was so gradual—until it was just her life.

I wouldn't have a now without you.

Yes." "Well good. Grand. God." He lunged at her, and she met him halfway. "God, thank God. I don't know how much longer I could've done without you." "Now you'll never have to know." She gave herself over to the kiss, and all the promises in it. "You'll never have to do without me." She held on, tight, tight. "We did win tonight, in so many ways.

Stuck with a beautiful woman who knows me and wants me around anyway. For the life of me, I can't figure out what I did right.

That was really good driving, Maddy told her. Yeah, thanks. Here, baby. Here. Pilar turned her, held her when the shakes came. And, holding her, reached out for Maddy. Here, baby, she said again. Maddy pressed herself into that circle of comfort and let the tears come.

I was having fun at grandma's house, but I kept thinking about Clifford. I wondered if he was thinking of me. He was. He loves his mom, but as soon as he could, he hurried home. So did I . . . . . . because I am thankful for Clifford, and he is thankful for me.

The Buddha stated that "happiness is the greatest wealth.