Quotes About Gratitude

But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.

Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

For all the invisible girls and for my readers, for seeing me

Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.

Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you. You said the other day life was long, I shot back. Which is it? It's both, she said, shrugging. It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing. Nothing can be two opposite things at once, I said. It's impossible. No, she replied, squeezing my hand, what's impossible is that we actually think it could be anything OTHER than that.

He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like I'd won a prize, because he was so sparing with them.

I'd seen another shade of him, and if it had been light where we were now, he'd have seen the same of me. So I was grateful, as I had been so often in my life, for the dark.

To summer, and to us.

We can't be sad about it forever, you know? We've got to think back to the good times and just remember them; that's all we can do. We can't worry about the past or what happened at the end, any more. I can't and you can't.

It felt like I'd taken everything for granted up until right now, when suddenly my entire world and all in it became precious and fleeting. I should have paid more attention, soaked it in more. Which you always realize once it's getting too late to do just that.

For whatever reason - time, circumstance, distance- he wasn't able to give it to me himself. But he did give me Benji, and I would be forever grateful. With love like that, you can't get picky about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.

Life's too short to worry about the little things. Enjoy what you have today, not what you might get tomorrow

But you take what you get in this world. What else can you do?

Life is short Macy, Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you

In just seconds I'd seen another shade of him, and if it had been light where we were now, he'd have seen the same of me. So I was grateful, as I had been so often in my life, for the dark.

But sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something. You know?

But sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

What you guys have is enough. It's a fuckload more than most people ever get, ever even dream of getting, and it is your job, it's your duty while you are alive on this planet, to be thankful for it. And to protect it too.

Maybe love stays. Maybe love can't. Maybe love shouldn't. Love arrives exactly when love is supposed to. And love leaves exactly when love must. When love arrives, say, 'Welcome. Make yourself comfortable.' If love leaves, ask her to leave the door open behind her. Turn off the music, listen to the quiet. Whisper, 'Thank you for stopping by.

Frances puts down her cane. Tara tugs on her braid. Bob tugs on his beard. Jon continues to look handsome. Alan nods. "I guess we owe you a thank-you." "Thank

daughter. I really appreciate it." "Not sure you should

I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace.

Let us thank God for having given us such ancestors; and let each successive generation thank Him, not less fervently, for being one step further from them in the march of ages.