My transition from cluttered to simple living.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Gratitude


For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson



The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!  ~Henry Ward Beecher





He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.  ~Epictetus



Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.  ~Henry Ward Beecher
 


If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.  ~Meister Eckhart



 
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.  ~William Arthur Ward
 


Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more, - a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
~George Herbert
   

2 comments:

  1. What wonderful quotes, Wendy. Thank you so much for sharing these and starting my day with them...

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  2. Yes, ditto with DJan. Thank you.

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