Thankful and Content

He is richest who is content with the least,
for content is the wealth of nature.
- Socrates

As you simplify your life,
the laws of the universe will be simpler;
solitude will not be solitude,
poverty will not be poverty,
nor weakness weakness.
- Henry David Thoreau

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin;
what else does a man need to be happy?
- Albert Einstein

If thou wilt make a man happy,
add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
- Epicurus

Be Thankful. Be Content.

Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

What If Happiness...

Celebrating Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

A Simple Life

Life is defined more by its risks than by its samenesses. - Mary Anne Radmacher

Life is defined more by its risks than by its samenesses.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell. – mar

When families gather around a holiday tale, what are the stories that are told? That lengthy tale that engages everyone’s attention and has each listener wondering, “What next?” We take great joy and satisfaction in the ways we have faced the storms of our lives. Often in the storm we embrace the most significant lessons. Those are the defining narratives we find ways to repeat. What story might you tell today?