“I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally.” YearsLongSeemsDarkPrayerGratefulBitterRetrospectI Am Grateful Author:Marilynne Robinson
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” HumansHas BeensWisdomSpiritualJoyHouseDarkMorningLaughingDoorsAwarenessTreatsShameGratefulGuidesWelcomeUnexpectedInvitesGuestsEvery MorningBe GratefulBeing HumanMaliceVisitorsArrivalsMomentaryMeannessInspirational SufiHouse GuestsDark ThoughtsNew Arrivals Author:Rumi
“I'd seen another shade of him, and if it had been light where we were now, he'd have seen the same of me. So I was grateful, as I had been so often in my life, for the dark.” IfsLightDarkGratefulShade Book:This Lullaby Source: This Lullaby
“I have learned over a period of time to be almost unconsciously grateful--as a child is--for a sunny day, blue water, flowers in a vase, a tree turning red. I have learned to be glad at dawn and when the sky is dark. Only children and a few spiritually evolved people are born to feel gratitude as naturally as they breathe, without even thinking. Most of us come to it step by painful step, to discover that gratitude is a form of acceptance.” PeopleThinkingFeelsChildrenFormWaterBornDarkStepsTreeSkyAcceptanceFlowerPeriodsGratitudeRedBlueGratefulPainfulBreatheGladDawnI Have LearnedSunnyOnly ChildVasesSunny DayBlue Water Author:Faith Baldwin
“To see a candle's light, one must take it into a dark place. This is the same as to see the good and be grateful, one must compare and contrast it with something worse - not better!” LightDarkGratitudeGratefulCompareCandleContrastBe GratefulDark PlacesCompare And Contrast Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Have you ever noticed how grateful you are to see daylight again after coming through a long dark tunnel? Always try to see life around ya as if you'd just come out of a tunnel.” IfsTryingLongDarkGratefulTunnelsDaylight Author:Jefferson Smith