Occupation: Author Birth: 1952
As any gardener will tell you, the cycles of nature require patience...Even a fast-growing vegetable like a radish requires time..
We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go..
Gratitude is a feeling of fullness, a recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment..
The choice is ours, in every moment..
People teach what they most need to learn..
Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for….
Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life w….
Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment..
Wholeness invokes balance..
In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances..
I learned that you don't have to be saddled for life with the mental attitudes you adopted in early childhood. All of us are free to change our minds….
Gratitude helps us love well by keeping us focused on the beauty in our relationship and the person we love..
Take a deep breath and think of the three things you are grateful for, right in this moment..
No matter what, I want to experience a sense of peace while talking. As I look out into the audience, Ill remember to breathe and notice that at my c….
Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness, where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong. It makes us feel complete, tha….
Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy..
In every single moment, we have the choice to be happy or not. No matter what is going on, we can choose to focus on what is right, what is good and ….
Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment..
We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world-to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all..
... the major rule in the American belief system - that anyone can do anything ... is a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters mediocrity. Kn….
Like so many other positive acts, it turns out that hugging boosts our immune system. Plus it just plain feels good! So hug someone today, perhaps a ….