“The law demands good works and uses its terror--rejection, shame, fear of punishment, unanswered prayer, personal tragedy, etc.--as motivation. Here performance is a necessity to secure the blessings and avoid the curses. Grace, on the other hand, allows us to serve on a different basis--not from fear but on the basis of love and gratitude, from appreciation and gladness for blessings freely given and freely received.” MenLoveDifferentUseHandsAgeLawMotivationEvilGivenFearFreedomPrayerSinLibertyGraceGratitudeBlessingDemandPerformancesBasesTragedyShameTerrorAppreciationPunishmentSecureCurseRejectionEtcGood WorkGladnessAnswered PrayersLove And GratitudeUnansweredUnanswered PrayersPersonal Tragedy Author:Richard Jordan
“Prayer can assume very different forms, from quiet, blessed contemplation of God, in which eye meets eye in restful meditation, to deep sighs or sudden exclamations of wonder, joy, gratitude or adoration.” DifferentEyeFormJoyPrayerWonderMeditationGratitudeQuietBlessedAssumingContemplationSighAdorationExclamationRestful Book:Prayer Source: Prayer
“Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.” WayDifferentPastRememberPerspectiveGratitudeDifferent WaysRemembering The Past Book:Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul Source: Stand Against the Wind: Fuel for the Revolution of Your Soul
“Gratitude causes us to no longer desire a different life. Instead, it causes us to make the most of the one life we already have.” DifferentDesireCausesGratitudeDifferent Life Author:Josh Becker
“And when my second book had come out, "Wild Gratitude," I went to Pearl London's class and she worked through different drafts of poems and there were the drafts of my poem, "Wild Gratitude," and I saw that I had begun the poem with the title "August 13th."” BookDifferentClassSawsGratitudeLondonTitlesPearlsAugust Author:Edward Hirsch
“If you can, do a gratitude practice: Each day write down three things you're grateful for. There are different ways to do this. You can have a gratitude buddy, someone with whom, at the end of the day, you exchange messages listing these three things you are grateful for. Also, you can journal it or reflect on it silently.” IfsWayWritingDifferentEndsThreeCan DoPracticeGratitudeMessagesGratefulDifferent WaysEach DayThe End Of The DayJournalThree ThingsBuddy Author:Tara Brach
“Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer.” DifferentWholeLyingPrayerTreePrayingGratitudeCatLongingIngredientsTwinsMixturesPurring Book:The Underneath Source: The Underneath
“If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you'll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way.” IfsWayDifferentWalksGratitudeMountainAppreciationScalesDifferent WaysParksMajesticNational ParksMajestic Beauty Author:Bill Bryson
“I've liked different women at different times in my life. I've been attracted to white women. I've been attracted to black women. I've been attracted to Asian women. I've been attracted to various subspecies of women. I can say with gratitude that I've been able to experiment.” I CanDifferentAbleBlackWhiteRelationshipGratitudeHusbandVariousExperimentsBlack WomenAsianBoyfriendDifferent Times Author:Oliver Stone
“Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.” NeedsDifferentBeliefMinutesCircumstancesGratitudeBlessingDeserveIntentionAvoidingCount Your Blessings Author:Timothy Miller
“I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up 'Stars and Stripes Forever.'” PeopleDifferentStatesDoneEyeStarsFeltSidesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesForeverSawsHeardMilitaryGratitudeBandArmyTrainStrikesStripesInspirational ChristmasDifferent LifeDifferent SidesMilitary ServiceGoosebumps Author:John F. Kerry
“Every single human being on this earth make a difference on this planet earth but each one of us make a different contribution and it will be a better contribution when we have more gratitude and more generosity, when we love more.” HumansDifferentEarthDifferencesHuman BeingsPlanetsGratitudeGenerosityContributionMaking A DifferencePlanet Earth Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to external causes.' If you just can't make that work for you, refocus your attention...Turn your attention in a totally different direction for the time being. Replace the distressing thoughts with other ideas. Distract yourself.” IfsIdeasDifferentUseTurnsForceCausesAttentionSituationEffectsStyleGratitudeDuesTemporaryOptimistDifferent DirectionsDistressingRefocus Author:Price Pritchett