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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. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right.
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Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I'm true to who I really am.
Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.
