“Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.”
I hope today’s quote encourages you and that you’re able to lean into gratitude.
I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving.
The holiday season doesn’t mean we can push pause on relationship ups and downs, heartaches, and disappointment. Which makes it all the more important to search for reasons to be thankful. They’re still there in the midst of all our circumstances. Sometimes reasons to be thankful are just more difficult to see.
I’m thankful for each one of you who reads this blog and who joins the conversation.
'Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted;it is present-oriented.' #quote by Sonja Lyubomirsky #gratitude #atitude Share on X
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It’s not what thanks can do for me,
to set a bright Thanksgiving mood;
it’s something different, don’t you see…
what can I do for Gratitude?
I can hold it to my chest
and bask in the delightful glow,
but I think it might be best
to release it, let it go
to fly abroad across the land,
trailing shining flaming grace
that helps the weary understand
in whatever they may face,
that gratitude for what God’s given
is the highest way of living.
Author
Oh, Andrew, thank you so much for your words today. They’re beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
I’m thankful for your friendship.
Praying for you, my friend.
Among my gifted friends, you stand out as someone especially wise in championing and valuing gratitude. Everyone who knows you feels gratitude for what you gift to our lives and extend further through your inspired written words. Have an especially wonderful Thanksgiving and holidays and exceptional every day! I thoroughly enjoyed reading and posting reviews for Unpacking Christmas. Here’s to many more books you’ll send our way.
Author
Thank you, dearest Dee. You are such a blessing and a source of constant encouragement to me. I’m thankful for your friendship.
Thank you!