Give thanks for the bounties of this world

 

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for THIS Moment

Give Thanks and Celebrate

Thankful and Content

Give Thanks for the Commonplace
    

Give Thanks for Today

 

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for THIS Moment

Give Thanks and Celebrate

Thankful and Content

Give Thanks for the Commonplace
    

Give Thanks for Life

 

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for THIS Moment

Give Thanks and Celebrate

Thankful and Content

Give Thanks for the Commonplace
    

Give Thanks for the Bounties of this World

 

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for THIS Moment

Give Thanks and Celebrate

Thankful and Content

Give Thanks for the Commonplace
    

I Thank You God for this Most Amazing Day

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for THIS Moment

Give Thanks and Celebrate

Thankful and Content

Give Thanks for the Commonplace
    

Give Thanks, Today

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Most people are more skilled at begging God than at thanking God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's Affirmation:
I give thanks for the bounties of this world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Give Thanks and Celebrate

Give Thanks for the Commonplace

Thankful and Content

Gratitude for THIS Moment
    

Father's Day 2019

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

You can never really live anyone else's life,
not even your child's.
The influence you exert is through your own life,
and what you've become yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The best inheritance a parent can give his children
is a few minutes of his time each day.
- Orlando A. Battista

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung

Let parents bequeath to their children
not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Plato

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal,
with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
- John Ciardi

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Feed the Children

Preserve Our Grandchildren's Planet

All Children Are God's Children
     

Father's Day 2018

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

The best inheritance a parent can give his children
is a few minutes of his time each day.
- Orlando A. Battista

Let parents bequeath to their children
not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Plato

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal,
with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
- John Ciardi

You can never really live anyone else's life,
not even your child's.
The influence you exert is through your own life,
and what you've become yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Our Grandchildren's Planet

Feeding the Children

God's Children
     

Thanks for this Good Life

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge
that the whole country isn't in flames,
that there are people in the country besides politicians,
entertainers, and criminals.
- Charles Kuralt

Further reading: Give Thanks and Celebrate

Give Thanks for the Commonplace

Thankful and Content

Gratitude for THIS Moment
    

Appreciate Your Blessings

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge
that the whole country isn't in flames,
that there are people in the country besides politicians,
entertainers, and criminals.
- Charles Kuralt

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light,
for your life, for your strength.
Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason to give thanks,
the fault lies in yourself.
- Tecumseh

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Further reading: Give Thanks and Celebrate

Thankful and Content

Give Thanks for the Commonplace

Gratitude for THIS Moment
    

Thank You, God

Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively,
the basic goods of life, with awe,
pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy,
however stale these experiences may have become to others.
- Abraham Maslow

Abundance is not something we acquire.
It is something we tune into.
- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
- Tecumseh

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Appreciating Today

Thank You Prayer

Thankful Heart

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life
   

Honor the Children

Grown men can learn from very little children
for the hearts of little children are pure.
Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them
many things which older people miss.
- Black Elk

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

If a child lives with criticism,
he learns to condemn.
...
If a child lives with fear,
he learns to be apprehensive.
...
If a child lives with encouragement,
he learns to be confident.
...
If a child lives with acceptance,
he learns to love.
- Dorothy Law Nolte

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Childlike Wonder

As a Child Again 

God's Children

Feeding the Children

Our Grandchildren's Planet

Attitude toward Gratitude

When a person doesn't have gratitude,
something is missing in his or her humanity.
A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
- Elie Wiesel

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Gratitude in advance is the most powerful
creative force in the universe.
- Neale Donald Walsch

None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude.
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves,
and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
- Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Keep a grateful journal. Every night,
list five things you are grateful for.
- Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude and greed are directly opposite states of human existence.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Humility: a Prime Virtue

Gratitude for a Helping Hand

Rejoice and Be Thankful

A Thankful Heart

Feeling Blessed

More Quotes about Gratitude

Thank You God

If the only prayer you said in your whole life
was, "Thank You," that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart

The struggle ends when the gratitude begins.
- Neale Donald Walsch

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

When you arise in the morning,
give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
- Tecumseh

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

However much or little you have,
"Thank You" is always a more powerful prayer than, "I need more."

Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

Unanswered Prayers

Appreciate Life

Give Thanks

Appreciating Our Blessings

Gratitude 

Appreciation

Gratitude, Not Worry

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't
come as a result of getting something we don't have,
but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
- Frederick Koenig

Time and health are two precious assets
that we don't recognize and appreciate
until they have been depleted.
- Denis Waitley

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
- Marianne Williamson

With gratitude, all life appears as a blessing -
without gratitude, all of life
is perceived as a burden.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Power of Gratitude

Life Is Beautiful

Give Thanks

Appreciating Our Blessings

Abundance

Worry

Fear

Bounty of the Earth

Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively,
the basic goods of life, with awe,
pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy,
however stale these experiences may have become to others.
- Abraham Maslow

Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realization
that we have already arrived!
- Michael Bernard Beckwith

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head,
and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
- Saint Basil

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

A Table Grace of Thanksgiving:
We gather today in gratitude for the bounty of the land,
the joyful company around this table,
and all the other blessings of this life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for This Food

Gratitude for Everything

Harvest

Thanksgiving

For Our Children

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it treats its children.
- Nelson Mandela

The ultimate test of a man's conscience
may be his willingness to sacrifice something today
for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
- Gaylord Nelson

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children:
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

The full measure of a man is
not to be found in the man himself,
but in the colors and textures that
come alive in others because of him.
- Albert Schweitzer

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
- Bruce Barton

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading:  Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

The True Meaning of Life

Our Children's World

Responsibility to Future Generations

Kindness and Charity

Children

Future Generations

Conscience

Your Legacy

Child

Gratitude for This Food

Food is our most fundamental material blessing.
Use each meal as an opportunity to feel gratitude for all the blessings of this life.

In a world where so many are hungry,
may we eat this food with humble hearts;
in a world where so many are lonely,
May we share this friendship with joyful hearts.
- Anonymous

For food that stays our hunger,
For rest that brings us ease,
For homes where memories linger,
We give our thanks for these.
- Anonymous

We receive this food in gratitude to all beings
Who have helped to bring it to our table,
And vow to respond in turn to those in need
With wisdom and compassion.
- Buddhist Blessing

As we join hands in fellowship
around this bountiful table,
we give thanks for the blessings of this food
and the love of these friends
as a symbol of our gratitude
for all the manifold blessings of this life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Let Each Day be a Thanksgiving

Zero-Based Gratitude

Gratitude itself is a source of joy

Thankfulness

Thanksgiving

Appreciation

Thank You

Gratitude

Thank You God

Thank You

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
Thank you, that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
- Marianne Williamson

I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite, which is yes.
- e. e. cummings

Further reading: Unanswered Prayers

Zero-Based Gratitude

How God Works (humorous story)

Thank You Quotes

Nature Quotes

Quotes about Being Thankful

Words of Comfort

Appreciation Quotes

Giving Thanks Quotes

Live Fully

Be curious; be adventurous; live life full-out.
Accept the challenge, and reach for the brass ring.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain

Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.
- Anonymous

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: It's a Wonderful Life
 
Live Every Moment

Choose Your Life Purpose

Live Your Best Life Quotes

Quotes about Enjoying Life

Life Changes Quotes

Life is Good Quotes

Deep Quotes about Life

Live Life Quotes