Gratitude/OT

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Though i don't usually post messages like this, i thought that

these quotes regarding gratitude are pertinent not just for

Thanksgiving but for those times (and i think this applies to

about all of us)when dealing with chronic pain leaves us feeling

that nothing in our world is as it should be. . .

Happy Thanksgiving.

Hollis

Reflections - Giving Thanks

We are approaching the holiday in the US known

as Thanksgiving, often celebrated with family

gatherings, huge turkey dinners and watching football

on television. Many people on that day take the time to

also express gratitude for their blessings.

Developing a constant attitude of gratitude in daily

life uplifts us and opens our eyes and our hearts to

more of the blessings life has to offer. It is a state of

mind that sets up a vibrational frequency within our

consciousness to allow more of those things we

appreciate to come into our experience.

Below are some other people's thoughts on gratitude. At

the end is a link to a wonderful website that serves as a

guide to creating more gratitude within. Happy

Thanksgiving, wherever in the world you are.

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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. - Melody Beattie

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the

emotions, especially when it is deep. - Felix

furter

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. - Karl

Barth

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace

for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody

Beattie

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form

of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by

wonder. - Gilbert K. Chesterton

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate

gratitude with moderation. - o Benigni

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude

brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives

of all those around you. - Eileen Caddy

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. - ph

Wood Krutch

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether

you take things for granted or take them with

gratitude. - Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to

encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent

moments of awe that change forever how we

experience life and the world. - Milton

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks

for everything that happens to you, knowing that every

step forward is a step toward achieving something

bigger and better than your current situation. -

A single thankful thought toward heaven is the

most perfect of all prayers. - Gotthold Ephraim

Lessing

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like

wrapping a present and not giving it. - A.

Ward

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. - Ellen Vaughn

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget

that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but

to live by them. - Fitzgerald Kennedy

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a

great deal more than we give, and that it is only with

gratitude that life becomes rich. - Dietrich

Bonhoeffer

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense

in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in

having more of them if you have less appreciation of

them. - Gilbert K. Chesterton

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but

the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some

heavenly blessings. - Henry Ward Beecher

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it

acknowledges the presence of good wherever you

shine the light of your thankful thoughts. - Alan Cohen

Practices for Grateful Living

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