Thankful for Today

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero

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

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

Further reading: Zero-Based Gratitude

Celebrating Rainbows and Butterflies - the Small Miracles of Our Life

A List of Gratitudes

Pay It Forward

Marianne Williamson - Deepest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
- Marianne Williamson

Read my new article How to Choose Your Life Purpose

Further reading: Personal Growth

William Makepeace Thackeray: Mother is the name for God ...

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. - William Makepeace Thackeray 

 The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. - Honoré de Balzac 

 A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. - Emily Dickinson 

 A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. - Dorothy Canfield Fisher 

 Further reading: What is Love? 

  The #1 Secret of Great Relationships 

  Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Plato: Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.
- Plato

I will dance a little. I will move with the wind.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way.
- Wayne Dyer

Set Life’s Rhythm with Your Heart-Drum
- jlh

Music and dance add celebration to life.

Further reading: Celebrate Whimsey Today

The Secret of Happiness

Celebrate gratitude

CELEBRATION - the seventh Point of Simply An Inspired Life

Don't try to stop the music.

Quotes about Music

Dance Quotes

Don't Worry Be Happy quotes

Happy Days Quotes

Quotes on Being Happy

To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. - Lao Tzu

To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu

We take refuge in pride because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.
- Kakuzo Okakura

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Oppenheim

Further reading: Choose Inner Peace

Meditation

Conscious Breathing

Zen Koans

Inner Peace Quotes

Words of Wisdom

Unity Quotes

Philosophical Quotes