Quotes About Gratitude

I think you only appreciate me when you don't have me, which is not a great trait to have.

advised I take things "one day at a time," as if there were another way for days to be experienced.

How to be happy Do not compare yourself to other people. Do not compare yourself to other people. Do not compare yourself to other people. Do not compare yourself to other people. Do not compare yourself to other people. Do not compare yourself to other people. Do not compare yourself to other people.

Als we nu eens een manier konden vinden om de tijd stil te zetten (...) Daaraan moeten we werken. Voor het geval er een gelukkig moment voorbijzweeft. Om dat moment voor eeuwig te hebben, hoeven we alleen maar met ons netje te zwaaien en het als een vlinder te vangen.

I looked around at all the certificates on the wall and felt thankful to come from a place where personal success was meaningless.

Do you ever feel lucky to have me?

Kita tidak membutuhkan apapun selain diri kita. Kita sudah cukup. Tempat kita disini, Kita sudah berada di tempat yang seharusnya.

Like a dog himself. Why Want Another Universe If This One Has Dogs?

She smiles at me. She clicks the top of her pen. Then clicks it again. Each one is a moment. The first click, the pause between the click, and the second click. The longer you live, the harder it becomes. To grab them. Each little moment as it arrives. To be living in something other than the past or the future. To be actually here.

Don't spend your life worrying about what you are missing out on. Not to be Buddhist about it- okay, to be a little Buddhist about it- life isn't about being pleased with what you are doing, but about what you are being.

Minäkin hymyilin, ja iloni siitä, että joku ymmärsi minua, tuntui ankkuroivan sieluni paikoilleen.

and advised I take things 'one day at a time', as if there were another way for days to be experienced.

Dedicamos tanto tiempo a desear que nuestras vidas sean distintas, a compararnos con otras personas , con otras versiones de nosotros mismos... Cuando realmente todas las vidas tienen cierto grado de cosas buenas y cierto grado de cosas malas

Never underestimate the big importance of small things,' Mrs Elm

This biggest and most profound shift happened not be becoming richer or more successful or more famous or by being amid the glaciers and polar bears of Svalbard. It happened by waking up in the exact same bed, in the same grotty damp apartment with its dilapidated sofa bed and yucca plant and tiny potted cacti and bookshelves and untried yoga manuals.

Your life will have 30,000 days in it. Make sure you remember some of them.

But because of that luck, we need to cherish this life we have. And if we can not only feel lucky but also other things—calm, happy, healthy—then why not? Why not know what the world can do to us? Because that knowledge can help us.

The values that cause us to want more than we have. To worship work above play. To compare the worst bits of ourselves with the best bits of other people.

we spend so much time wishing our lives were different, comparing ourselves to other people and to other versions of ourselves, when really most lives contain degrees of good and degrees of bad.

To all the health workers. And the care workers. Thank you.

Imagine all the time we had was bottled up, like wine, and handed over to us. How would we make that bottle last? By sipping slowly, appreciating the taste, or by gulping?

If only we could find a way to stop time,' said her husband. 'That's what we need to work on. You know, for when a moment of happiness floats along. We could swing our net and catch it like a butterfly, and have that moment for ever.

And that gave her hope, and even the sheer sentimental gratitude of being able to be here, knowing she had the potential to enjoy watching radiant skies and mediocre Ryan Bailey comedies and be happy listening to music and conversation and the beat of her own heart.

We don't have to play every game to know what winning feels like. We don't have to hear every piece of music in the world to understand music. We don't have to have tried every variety of grape from every vineyard to know the pleasure of wine. Love and laughter