June 2, 2008

On Gratitude


In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.
***Albert Clarke


Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
***Marcel Proust


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.
***Melodie Beattie