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Thursday, November 27, 2008

giving thanks

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

-Melody Beattie




(with gratitude to matthew for his lovely photograph)
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8 comments:

  1. Grey Horse MattersNovember 27, 2008 at 8:17:00 PM EST

    A beautiful photograph to go with a beautiful sentiment. Hope you had a lovely day.

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  2. billieNovember 28, 2008 at 8:20:00 AM EST

    Thanks, Arlene - you too!

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  3. jmeNovember 28, 2008 at 10:41:00 AM EST

    lovely sentiment. too often we think of gratitude as something superficial and obligatory - the good manners of saying "please" and "thank you." i love the idea that it is a way of relating to life, that a true sense of gratitude can even be transformative.

    "thanks" for this ;-) hope you had a great day.

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  4. billieNovember 28, 2008 at 11:40:00 AM EST

    exactly, jme... glad this spoke to you, too.

    and we did have a nice day! I hope yours was good as well..

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  5. AnonymousNovember 28, 2008 at 11:34:00 PM EST

    And my gratitude to you for your extraordinary presence in my life.

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  6. billieNovember 29, 2008 at 7:13:00 AM EST

    Matthew, thank you for such a lovely comment. You, too, of course.

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  7. Laughing Orca RanchNovember 30, 2008 at 9:35:00 PM EST

    Gratitude is so much deeper than most of us believe, isn't it. Thanks for this thought-provoking and quite touching quote, Billie.
    The photo is just lovely, too.

    I hope you and your family enjoyed a very special Thanksgiving :)

    ~Lisa
    New Mexico

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  8. billieNovember 30, 2008 at 10:53:00 PM EST

    We did, and I hope you did too!

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