Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.
I found every breath of air, and every scent, and every flower and leaf and blade of grass and every passing cloud, and everything in nature, more beautiful and wonderful to me than I had ever found it yet. This was my first gain from my illness. How little I had lost, when the wide world was so full of delight for me ~ Charles Dickens
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Learn to be pleased with everything…because it could always be worse, but isn’t!
subscribe to more social media accounts that encouragr you to read and less that encourage you to watch videos. Reading calms and focuses your mind and teaches you something. The videos on social media often seem to do the exact opposite. Choose to put more good things into your mind and less bad things and watch as your life changes
the world we live in is made of people. By becoming a better person you make the world a better place
If a dog is abandoned in the cold without food or shelter and faced with constant danger and stress, a simple meal in safety by the fire is its greatest dream. Yet for us, that’s just an average day. This reminds me how important it is to appreciate how lucky we are and to enjoy what we have instead of always wanting more
Chris Boyle
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward
Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life ~ Rhonda Byrne
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love ~Marcus Aurelius
Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe ~ Wayne Dyer