“As an exercise in appreciation, try for one hour to feel grateful for every single thing you find yourself doing. When you read, be grateful you can see and read. When you walk, be grateful for the use of your feet. When you talk, be grateful for the ability to communicate with others. For a full hour do not take even the smallest action for granted. Be aware of every detail of what you can do. Anyone who does this daily for even a short time will have a much greater appreciation for everything he does.” FeelsTryingDoeUseActionCan DoHoursAbilityWalksGreaterFeetExerciseGratitudeGratefulDetailsCommunicateAppreciationGrantedFinding YourselfSmallestBe GratefulShort TimeOne HourAbility To Communicate Author:Zelig Pliskin
“It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing me to continue writing 10 or 12 hours a day.” WritingSometimesHoursReaderApproachGratefulSurpriseFollowingAllowingSurprise MeUnorthodox Author:Grant Morrison
“I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack [from Brokeback Mountain] or whatever - not that I'd mind being Ennis for half an hour. But it's been so much worse recently. It still is terrible. In Iran, they're hanging gay teenagers. I'm grateful for how far the United States, even with its crazy Christians, has come on a lot of issues. And the fact that I get called a faggot occasionally by a crack addict, while annoying, certainly isn't a lobotomy and prison.” PeopleMindStillsStatesFactsChristianHoursUnitedHalfUnited StatesIssuesCrazyTerribleGayMountainGratefulPrisonTeenagerFortunateIranCracksAnnoyingAddictGay PeopleLobotomyBrokeback Mountain Author:Dan Savage
“I meditate every day for between ten to twenty minutes. Every morning, I work out and go to the gym for an hour. I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.” HoursMorningMinutesPrayingTenTwentiesGratefulWork OutGymArchitectEvery MorningI Pray Author:John Feldmann
“Every time I feel depressed or frustrated, I just have to drive on the highway during rush hours, then I feel very grateful I don't have to do this everyday.” LifeFeelsHoursAdviceGratefulEverydayFrustratedEveryday LifeHighwaysRush Hour Author:Ann Shin
“There's a reason I'm a stand-up comedian. I think there may be some laziness inherent in that job. It's the four-hour work week, on some level. I mean, I work at it, but it's not that kind of... it's just not the hours at all. So I was extremely grateful for the job. It was super, super fun, and I'm surprised that I made it.” ThinkingKindMeanReasonFunHoursWeekGratefulComedianLaziness Author:Maria Bamford
“I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that’s kind of a gift to the author. The gift of close, undivided attention. To who else do we listen so closely for eight straight hours? And when readers give that gift to me, I’m grateful for it.” ThinkingGivingKindBookWholeHoursAttentionReaderTenSixGratefulEightUndivided Attention Author:Po Bronson
“These little contradictions are in all of us. They're in me at least. And so I forgot that I had been awake for 30 hours and kept walking, grateful to be a little boat full of water, still floating.” LittlesStillsWaterHoursWalkingGratefulBoatAwakeContradictionFloating Author:John Green
“In the hours that followed, I learned that Ademic hand gestures did not actually represent facial expressions. It was nothing so simple as that. For example a smile can mean you're amused, happy, grateful, or satisfied. You can smile to comfort someone. You can smile because you're content or because you're in love. A grimace or a grin look similar to a smile, but they mean entirely different things. Imagine trying to teach someone how to smile. Imagine trying to describe what different smiles mean and when, precisely, to use them in conversation. It's harder than learning to walk.” TryingLooksMeanDifferentUseHandsHoursSimpleWalksTeachImagineExampleExpressionComfortConversationHarderGratefulSatisfiedDifferent ThingsGesturesAmusedFacialFacial ExpressionSmile BecauseGrimace Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” FeelsLooksHeartI CanHoursGraceMy HeartGratitudeGratefulThank YouLove And GratitudeHer Smile Author:Elie Wiesel
“Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over, throw up for hours, and have little people pounding in your head with hammers, it is sheer bliss just to eat a piece of toast, walk outside without getting dizzy, and breathe fresh air. Part of the journey toward joy involves not waiting around for trouble, but being continuously aware of our blessings.” PeopleLittlesSometimesJoyWaitingHoursWalksForgetPiecesTroubleAirJourneyExampleGratitudeBlessingGratefulTraumaBreatheBlissSheerBe GratefulAcheHammersFluToastsFresh AirDizzyWaiting Around Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand.” HandsHoursBlessedGratefulPeaceful Author:Horace
“Imagine every day to he 5 the last6 of a life surrounded with hopes, cares, anger, and fear. The hours, that come unexpectedly, will be so much the more grateful.” InspirationalCareLastsHappinessHoursImaginationImagineGratefulAnger And Fear Author:Horace
“I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat it outside. Ironing my vintage tea towels while watching old black-and-white film noir movies and sipping one martini with extra olives - a quirky combination, but it works.” WellsMomentsFilmBlackHoursWhiteHalfGratefulFishesTeaCombinationExtrasBlack And WhiteSandwichesVintageNoirQuirkyHalf HoursOlivesTowelsI Am GratefulMartiniTunaSippingFilm NoirTuna Fish Author:Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Don't wish today away. Don't waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment - opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come.” MadeTodayOpportunityLostWishHoursMistakeWasteGratefulDisappointmentBe GratefulRise AboveOne HourClamor Author:Sarah Ban Breathnach