"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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Yesterday I posted about an ordinary day turned memorable by a fun lunch with a friend and some pretty flowers. Later in the afternoon I was chatting with an online blogger buddy and talking about being thankful for the moments of that day. Being thankful for the ability to soak up precious time with those we love and not ask for anything more. To be thankful for our station in life, even if it is not exactly where we want to be, to find the gratitude and the grace to go on, rising above circumstances and finding contentment in even the smallest details and moments.
After chatting with her, I found the above quote. I am not sure who to give credit to for this gem, I just knew the moment I read it that it summed up what my heart was feeling in ways my words had not yet done.
I am in a weird junction in my life, my world is changing and shifting once again. There are situations I wish I could blink my eyes and make disappear, there are people I wish I had more of in my daily life and there are some I wish I had less! There are places I want to go and things I want to do that are just not possible at this time, in this life, as I know it. I am finding that searching for the happy moments and finding gratitude in all things is helping me meander my way through this particular point in the maze that has become my life.
I have begun to stop asking for more of and just be happy and thankful for what I have, realizing that it is indeed enough. To ask for more is selfish. God has given me so much, such precious people to love, how can I ask for more and more and more?
This way of thinking, this change in my daily thought pattern, has indeed helped me and just as I witnessed yesterday's meal being turned into a feast, through thankfulness my past has begun to make sense and peace has begun to infiltrate my present...
The quote above says it all and says it best. I hope that you will also find something and someone to be grateful for in your world.
Living Happily and Gratefully In the Moment!
Bev
1 comment:
thanks so much for sharing this with me!!!!
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