MAY YOU BE BLESSED
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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our live but are grateful for the abundance that’s present . . . we experience heaven on earth.”


As you wander through life, brother, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut, and not upon the hole.
- sign in the Mayflower Coffee Shop, Chicago

Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted- a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. – Rabbi Harold Kushner

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. – Eric Hoffer

When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
– G.K. Chesterton



This is the precious present, regardless of what yesterday was like, regardless of what tomorrow may bring. When your inner eyes open, you can find immense beauty hidden within the inconsequential details of daily life. When your inner ears are open, you can hear the subtle, lovely music of the universe everywhere you go. When the hear of your heart opens, you can take deep pleasure in the company of the people around you – family, friends, acquaintances, or strangers – including those whose characters are less than perfect, just as you character is less than perfect. When you are open to the beauty, mystery, and grandeur of ordinary existence, you “get it” that it always has been beautiful, mysterious, and grand and always will be. – Timothy Ray Miller
When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank god I am alive.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Gratefulness is the key to a happy life the at we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no mater how much we have, we will not be happy – because we will always want to have something else or something more.
-David Steindl - Rast
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If there is a sin against this life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. - Albert C..

---from the book . . . Learning how to dance in the rain . . .
-BJ Gallagher