Stuck for a topic this morning, I googled gratitude quotes. 8.2 million results later, I was optimistic about finding a topic there somewhere while reading about others thoughts on gratitude.
Here is a list of the seven greatest gratitude quotes ever from Psychology Today
1. "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust
2. "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." - Thornton Wilder
3. 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
4. At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer
5. The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.
-- WIlliam James
6. "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."
-- Oprah Winfrey
7. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." - Epictetus
Reading a half-dozen other pages on gratitude, another PT article suggested five ways to boost your gratitude quotient (GQ). The 5th suggestion was to keep thank you notes short and sweet. That reminded me of the frustration I felt as a child not having the wherewithal (gumption? experience?) to write thank you notes for gifts and acts of kindness. We used “please” and “thank you” a lot in our family vocabulary, but I don’t remember us expressing gratitude as a way of life or communication.
I still am not much for paper thank you notes, but thanks to electronic messaging such as email and texting, there are ways to write gratitude notes that work for me.
I am grateful to be able to express my gratitude via the written word to others to express my appreciation for them.
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