An Attitude of Gratitude

hey there bloggy friends:

how was your week... FRIDAY in just a few hours, and I could not be more excited. It was a really long week... and tonight as I sit here at the kitchen table eating a German pancake full of an illegal amount of chocolate chips... I'm really grateful for nothing in particular and absolutely everything all at the same time. Really, I mean everything (yes, even the tough stuff).

tangent: I make really good German pancakes... heavenly yummy delectableness in my mouth.

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Praise the bridge that carried you over. ~George Colman

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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step towards achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. ---Brian Tracy

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Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, and to work, and to play and to look up at the stars. ---Henry Van Dyke

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Even after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens with
A love like that.
It lights the whole sky.

--Hafiz of Persia

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude- Denis Waitley

And lastly,

I am grateful for

good music, good friends, my mother, father, sisters and brothers, for a good education, for the copy of Talmage's Jesus the Christ that is changing my life, promptings of the spirit, education, best friend, Christmas oranges, my pocket thesaurus, nail polish, Haiti, general authorities, missionaries, clean sheets, hot showers, ginger tea in a favorite mug, PL SC 357, the end of a stack of papers to grade, my freezer that I named Cindy, my old thunderbird, mail, double-doubles from In-N-Out, laughing till it hurts, Michael Jackson, my little brother's dance moves, Seinfeld, world cultures, belly dancing lessons, good roommates, carnival glass, sunflowers, virgin margaritas--peach ones, fun underwear, first amendment rights, temples, the founding fathers, honesty, Edison, people that change someone's world and go unnoticed every day, gluten-free pizza, uno, twinkle lights, perspective, hot air balloons, health, answered prayers, unanswered prayers, scripture study, braces, dancing with my sisters, stretching--physically, emotionally, mentally-- road trips, wedding announcements, hugs, movies, worthy priesthood holders, STATA, springform pans, and cheese.

I could go on, but I think you get the idea. What are you grateful for today? Tell me all about it!