Gratitude for 2010
Dearest readers,
I haven’t posted lately because I’ve been busy living a joyful life. As the year draws to a close, I just want to thank you for reading my blog, and leave you with some thoughts of gratitude for the year.
Grateful for life
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder
Each of our hearts beat about 30 million to 40 million times this year. That gives us millions of reasons to be grateful, because this year around 60 million hearts all over the year stopped beating.
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’” – William A Ward
Grateful for love
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.” – Kahlil Gibran
There are an estimated 145 million orphans in the world, with no family to love them. Another 100 million people around the world are homeless. Those of us with family and friends are blessed to have someone to love and somewhere to go home to.
“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of those around you.” – Eileen Caddy
Grateful for senses
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
About 160 million people in the world are blind or near-blind and cannot read this. Up to 40 million people are deaf. 650 million people around the world are disabled in some way. So many people would be so grateful just to have the use of their bodies that most of us have.
“No one is as capable of gratitude as as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.” – Elie Wiesel
Grateful for gratitude
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G K Chesterton
In global surveys, an average of 23% of the world’s population rates themselves as “very happy”. I am blessed to be one of this number, and hope you are too. Compliments of the season to all of you, and a very happy new year!
“Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley
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December 27th, 2010 @ 12:47 am
Hi Daphne .. glad you’re well – thank you for these gratitude thoughts .. something we all need to remember for 2011.
Keep well and happy and enjoy 2011 .. Hilary
December 29th, 2010 @ 1:24 am
One can never have to many reminders about the power of gratitude! Thank you for this one!!
December 31st, 2010 @ 1:03 am
Grateful is a wonderful way to end to the year, Daphne. Wishing you all that’s good in the new year.
Corinne
January 1st, 2011 @ 11:58 am
Thanks for putting into words what I wanted to express right now… gratitude for all the blessings God has given me ;)
January 4th, 2011 @ 2:30 am
I think your gratitude is a key to your joyful life.