Whatever we are waiting for--peace of mind, contentment, grace, the
inner awareness of simple abundance--it will surely come to us, but
only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
--Sarah Ban Breathnach
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into
a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the
unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.
It can turn existence into a real life, and disconnected situations
into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our
past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
--Melody Beattie, "The Language of Letting Go"
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness
is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the
following of that impulse.
--Henry Van Dyke
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