The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #24
This year has been overwhelming on so many levels. And I recognize that when I am thankful in the smallest area of my life, grace shows up without warning.
Maybe you, or a loved one, or a colleague or a stranger have been faced with insurmountable odds. It’s in these most tender, trying moments that being grateful is so hard. Yet such a gift.
Grateful: feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.
Each week, I’ve been focusing on a headline, an insight and a tool. Today, I’m offering a break from the HIT list to reflect on the transforming power of gratitude. Here are 15 quotes on thankfulness to offer you joy in the midst of whatever you may be facing in your life and work.
15 quotes to inspire your grateful spirit
- “‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.” —Alice Walker
- “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
- “For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.”—Elie Wiesel
- “Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings, and flies to its right destination.”—Victor Hugo
- “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”—G.K. Chesterton
- “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”—Eckhart Tolle
- “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”—Willie Nelson
- “Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.”– Dalai Lama
- “This a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.”—Maya Angelou
- “It takes a lot of courage to have an attitude of gratitude during the dark times. But once you have it, it empowers you.”– Joshua Tongol
- “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”– Thich Nhat Hanh
- Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.”– Melody Beattie
- “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”– Mother Teresa
- “In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness—it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.”– Brene Brown
May light find its way into your heart and mind as you open yourself to gratitude. Thank you,
Happy Thanksgiving
