"Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot." - The Hausa of Nigeria
As Thanksgiving approaches, thoughts turn to gratitude. For some, it’s the once-a-year holiday ritual around the dinner table as each person states what they are most thankful for, i.e: family, health, job, etc.
Having an attitude of gratitude throughout the year, however, is nothing short of trans formative. That’s because of the universal law that states: What you focus on expands. In other words, what you appreciate appreciates. And, where attention goes, energy flows.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes that help remind me to have an attitude of gratitude throughout the year!
"Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality." - Alfred Painter
"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton
"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty." - Doris Day
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." - William Arthur Ward
"Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has plenty: not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens
"Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road." - John Henry Jowett
Happy Thanksgiving!
Denna J. Shelton, Copyright, 2010
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