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Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life
We do this by noticing those around us to whom gratefulness comes easily and realize how much we enjoy being around these people.
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan
Gratitude brings you back to the present moment, to all that is working perfectly right now. Tomorrow may bring difficulties, but for right now, things are pretty good.
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan
Openheartedness takes courage. It requires enough trust in the goodness of other people and the universe at large that we can put aside our self-protectiveness
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan
Bitterness is a poison that snuffs the light of our souls, hardening us to life's pleasures and joys by keeping us focused only on what is wrong.
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan
I still believe that gratitude is magic. Why? Because it is one of the only totally free, unbelievably simple ways to experience a sense of well-being and contentment on an ongoing basis. It's so easy that many of us still seem to discount it on that basis.
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan
gratitude begets generosity, which begets gratitude, which begets generosity. Gratitude creates a sense of fullness.
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan
When we feel the fullness of gratitude, we accept life just as it is—however messy, complicated, and drawn-outside-the-lines that may be.
from Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life by M. J. Ryan