“Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we're too busy chasing down the extraordinary moments. Other times we're so afraid of the dark we don't dare let ourselves enjoy the light. A joyful life is not a floodlight of joy. That would eventually become unbearable. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude and inspiration” BelieveMadeSometimesMomentsLightInspirationTogetherLife IsJoyI BelieveEnjoyDarkMissingGratitudeOrdinaryConstantExtraordinaryBusyDareJoyfulChasingUnbearableToo BusyJoyful LifeOrdinary MomentsExtraordinary MomentsJoyful Moments Author:Brené Brown
“If it is God who gives prayer, then God often gives it in the form of gratitude, and gratitude itself, when it is received attentively in prayer, is healing to the heart. Prayer is such a mysterious business for something so ordinary and everyday.” IfsGivingHeartFormPrayerHealingGratitudeOrdinaryEverydayMysterious Author:Roberta Bondi
“Real Life - the real life of joy we are meant to be living - begins when we restore a sense of reverence to our daily affairs. Today, search for the Sacred in the ordinary with gratitude in your heart and you will surely find it.” HeartRealTodayJoyGratitudeOrdinarySacredAffairReal LifeMeant To BeReverence Author:Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.” SelfMatterHappinessJoyConsciousnessGratitudeLaughterOrdinaryEverydayBusyHappyCheerPursuit Of HappinessLivelyGreat HappinessInner HappinessSelf HappinessArt Of HappinessSecret To HappinessInner Peace And HappinessBeing BusyUnconcerned Author:Iris Murdoch
“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” LifeInspirationalGivingRealizingDealsRichGratitudeOrdinaryGratefulBe GratefulThank YouThankfulnessThankfulBeing ThankfulOrdinary LifeThankful GratitudeGratitude And AppreciationI Am GratefulExpressing GratitudeThanksgiving And GratitudeThank You GratitudeThankfulness And GratitudeGreat GratitudeLove And GratitudeBecome RichInspirational GratitudeThankful For YouExpress AppreciationGratitude For HelpWords Of GratitudeLove GratitudeGratitude For LifeGrateful For YouGrateful ThankfulGratitude For HealthGrateful InspirationalGrateful ThanksFeeling GratefulGrateful For LifeGratitude For FriendsBeing Grateful For LifeThankful For LifeThanking Friends Book:Letters Papers from Prison Source: Letters Papers from Prison
“When my parents were liberated, four years before I was born, they found that the ordinary world outside the camp had been eradicated. There was no more simple meal, no thing was less than extraordinary: a fork, a mattress, a clean shirt, a book. Not to mention such things that can make one weep: an orange, meat and vegetables, hot water. There was no ordinariness to return to, no refuge from the blinding potency of things, an apple screaming its sweet juice.” WorldYearsBookFoundParentWaterBornSimpleFourSweetReturnGratitudeOrdinaryHotCleanExtraordinaryMeatShirtsMealsApplesCampsVegetablesFour YearsRefugeOrangeJuiceLiberatedForksFugitivePotencyHot WaterMattressesOrdinarinessOrdinary World Author:Anne Michaels
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —” JobsJoyTurnsOpportunityCommonGratitudeBlessingOrdinaryRoutineThanksgivingThankfulnessThankfulBeing ThankfulThankful GratitudeGratitude And AppreciationThanksgiving DayExpressing GratitudeThanksgiving And GratitudeThanksgiving ThanksThanksgiving GratitudeGratitude And ThanksThankfulness And GratitudeLove And GratitudeInspirational GratitudeThanksgiving HolidayInspirational ThanksgivingThankful ThanksgivingThanksgiving ThankfulGratitude For HelpWords Of GratitudeHappy ThanksgivingGratitude For LifeThanksgiving InspirationalThanksgiving FunnyLove ThanksgivingGrateful ThankfulThanksgiving GreetingsFunny Happy ThanksgivingGood ThanksgivingGratitude For HealthThanksgiving LoveFamily ThanksgivingThanksgiving WishesGrateful InspirationalThanksgiving And FamilyThanksgiving And LoveThankfulness For LoveHappy And GratefulThanksgiving FamilyFunny Thanksgiving DayHappy Thanksgiving WishesJoy And GratitudeHappy Thanksgiving LoveThanksgiving ThoughtsNice ThanksgivingBlessed And ThankfulGrateful HappyThankful For BlessingsHappy Thanksgiving GreetingsThanksgiving Grateful Author:William Arthur Ward
“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.” GivingBigsForgetPrayingGratitudeOrdinaryThanksThankfulnessBig ThingsChristian ThanksgivingThanksgiving ChristianSmall Gifts Book:Life Together Source: Life Together
“I don't think anyone 'finds' joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles, that strengthen our hearts so we can keep them open to what is difficult: delight in taking a shower or a slow walk that has no destination, in touching something soft, in noticing the one small, black bird who sings every morning from the top of the big old pine tree ... I need to give my attention to the simple things that give me pleasure with the same fervor I have been giving it to the complex things with which I drive myself crazy.” ThinkingNeedsGivingHeartHas BeensBigsJoyDifficultBlackSimpleWalksPleasureAttentionMorningTreeCrazyGratitudeBirdOrdinaryMiracleGive MeComplexesDelightDestinationTouchingEvery MorningShowersSmall ThingsNoticingSimple ThingsFervorPine Trees Author:Dawna Markova
“When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.” RealGratitudeActivityOrdinaryGratefulJoyfulInconsistentEffortless Author:Ramana Maharshi
“Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but is ungrateful!” PersonsTodayCausesCenturyIgnoranceKingsGratitudeOrdinarySlanderUngratefulOrdinary PersonToday Life Author:Gustave Flaubert