Be thankful for all the troubles you don't have

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.  Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.  Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.  Always have an attitude of gratitude.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

The more you are grateful for your life, the more you will appreciate your journey.  Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.  Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.  Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions.  As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, or a stranger into a friend.  A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.  Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.  If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.  Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want.  Gratitude turns what we have into enough and more.  Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.  Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love youself.

Gratitude is when you feel thankful for the good things in your life.  The critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.  Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.  When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.  When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.  We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.  The value of a person should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.  The greatest things you'll regret in life are the things you don't do.  Gratitude is recognizing that we have not done everything for ourselves, but that we depend on others, and need to appreciate them for what they do for us.  Gratitude is riches; the complaint is poverty.  No one has ever become poor by giving.  Gratitude is the best attitude.

Gratitude is the wine for the soul.  Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.  Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.  If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.