Thanksgiving!

During this season I find it useful to remember what others have said:

Gratitude places you in the energy field of plentitude.  Perceiving life in a consciousness of gratitude is literally stepping into another dimension of living.  Suddenly the seeming ordinariness of your days takes on a divine sparkle.

n  Michael Beckwith

The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.

n  Dr. Robert Holden

While we cry ourselves to sleep, gratitude waits patiently to console and reassure us; there is a landscape larger than the one we can see.

n  Sarah Ban Breathnach

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

n  Willie Nelson

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

n  Karl Barth

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.

n  Maya Angelou

Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.

n  Pope Francis

There are many things to be grateful "for" but, as I ripen with the seasons of life,

the many reasons blend into a sacred mystery.  And, most deeply, I realize that 

living gratefully is its own blessing.

               Michael Mahoney

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

n  Ralph H. Blum