{"id":5282,"date":"2013-04-11T12:47:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T16:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=5282"},"modified":"2013-04-11T12:47:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T16:47:05","slug":"gratitude-humility-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=5282","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude, Humility &#038; Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, <br \/>\n\tbut gratefulness that makes us happy.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;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.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Melody Beattie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;It&#39;s easy to feel grateful when we receive a raise, meet the love of our life, or watch our children succeed, but spiritual gratitude is not circumstantial. It arises from a true knowing that God is our Source. We can feel thankful for every day, even in the middle of life&#39;s challenges&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Mary Manin Morrissey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;If you don&#39;t feel grateful for what you have, what makes you think you&#39;ll be happy with more?&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;A single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Gotthold Ephraim Lessing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.<br \/>\n\tWhen you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Lao Tzu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you, in effect, acknowledge that it is there &#8211; in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate, Appreciate.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Neale Donald Walsch <br \/>\n\tConversations with God, Book 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Sometimes our light goes out, but it is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\t&quot;Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Albert Schweitzer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men [and women], living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Albert Einstein<br \/>\n\tmathematician, physicist<br \/>\n\t(1879-1955)<br \/>\n\t<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t&quot;It is always the secure who are humble.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; G.K. Chesterton<br \/>\n\tessayist and novelist <br \/>\n\t(1874-1936)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter&#8230; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird&#39;s nest or a wildflower in spring &#8211; these are some of the rewards of the simple life.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; John Burroughs<br \/>\n\tnaturalist and writer <br \/>\n\t(1837-1921)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Gratitude is heaven itself.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; William Blake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate or value into your life.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Christiane Northrup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Gilbert Keith Chesterton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Thanks to the earth, Thanks to the sun, Thanks to the rain, for all they have done; to bring me my food, so strong I will grow, loving in life from my heart will I show.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>15<br \/>\n\t<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< &quot;In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.&quot; &#8211; unknown &quot;Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. 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