“The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a word. It's one of those wonderful things that you get what you give, and I'm grateful for it.” PeopleGivingMomentsBeautifulLevelsWonderfulGratefulSurpriseWonderful Things Author:Stephen Chbosky
“We are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for then we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.” WayPayAttentionWatchesFineOughtGratitudeGratefulSurpriseCaughtPay AttentionClock Author:Lord Chesterfield
“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 have never had much confidence in my own work, and even now when I am assured (still much to my grateful surprise) that it has value for other people, I feel diffident, reluctant as it were to expose my world of imagination to possibly contemptuous eyes and ears.” PeopleWorldFeelsStillsEyeValuesImaginationMy OwnEarsGratefulSurpriseAssuredReluctantContemptuous Book:The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
“My poems are certainly in the lyric tradition, but perhaps a reader can tell me more precisely who I am as a poet. How can I be so old and not know? I have always been deeply grateful for the urge to write, the desire to create, that's certain. Writing has always been the way I make sense of life. Perhaps my poems define me, rather than the other way around. They do constantly surprise me.” WritingDesirePoetTraditionGratefulSurpriseMake SenseSurprise Me Author:Connie Wanek
“But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.” FindingsGratefulSurpriseOpeningBe GratefulSoupMushroomsTomatoesNothing New Book:Garden Spells Source: Garden Spells
“I find that the more willing I am to be grateful for the small things in life, the bigger stuff just seems to show up from unexpected sources, and I am constantly looking forward to each day with all the surprises that keep coming my way!” WayShowsSeemsStuffWillingSourceGratitudeBiggerGratefulSurpriseMy WayEach DayUnexpectedThings In LifeBe GratefulThanksgivingThank YouThankfulLooking ForwardSmall ThingsBeing ThankfulAppreciate LifeThank You GratitudeGrateful For YouGrateful ThanksSmall Things In Life Book:Gratitude: A Way of Life Source: Gratitude: A Way of Life
“Around every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our natural tendencies to make comparisons [to things that are better rather than things that are worse], to take things for granted [rather than imagining how much worse things would be if they weren't there and so feeling grateful], and to feel entitled!” IfsFeelsFeelingsWould BeWaitingNaturalAchieveGratefulSurpriseCornersTendenciesGrantedComparisonAnticipationEntitledTaking Things For GrantedFeeling Grateful Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“[Constant curiousity leads to happiness:] I wake up curious every day and every day I'm surprised by something. And if I can just recognize that surprise every day and say, 'Oh, that's a new thing, that's a new gift that I got today that I didn't even know about yesterday,' it keeps me going. It keeps me more than going. It keeps me enthusiastic and grateful!” IfsKnowsI CanTodayWake UpGratefulConstantSurpriseYesterdayCuriousAnticipationNew ThingsEnthusiasticCuriousity Author:Michael J. Fox