The  Virtue  of  Gratitude

Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension.  Gratitude is when you feel thankful for the good things in your life.  The more you are grateful for your life, the more you will appreciate your journey.  Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

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.  Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.  Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Life is full of give and take.  Give thanks and take nothing for granted.  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.  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalms 107)

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.  The greatest things you'll reagret 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 a divine principle.  Grateful people are like fertile fields, they give back what they receive tenfold.  Lead with kindness; live with gratitude.  Virtues are what make it possible for us to live well together with others.  Gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.  Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.  Brings you love in your heart, health in your body, peace, and joy to your home.