Quotes about Gratitude

When you appreciate something and you're grateful for it - like going in to work everyday or just your partner or your job - you just do it that much better because you're lucky that you're doing it.

Blessed is he who expects nothing," said Francis of Assisi, "for he shall enjoy everything.

Scripture's commands to "rejoice in the Lord always" (Philippians 4:4)

delighting in what we have been given.

On Sabbaths God also invites us to slow down to pay attention and delight in people.

You are lovable. You are good. It is so good that you exist.

What are you angry about (a betrayal, a coworker's hurtful comment, a car breakdown, unanswered prayer, etc.)? What are you sad about (a small or big loss, disappointment, or a choice you or others have made)? What are you anxious about (your finances, future, family, health, church)? What are you glad about (your family, an opportunity, your church)?

The composer Igor Stravinsky wisely said, "I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received."3

But though the mass Be holy, yet the first-fruits God most loves.

Respect is what we owe love, what we give.

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.

I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.