I am going to mix it up a bit, I am going to put the definition and then some quotes.
"An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received; a
sentiment of kindness or good will towards a benefactor; thankfulness.
Gratitude is an agreeable emotion, consisting in or accompanied with
good will to a benefactor,and a disposition to make a suitable return of
benefits or services, or when no return can be made, with a desire to
see the benefactor prosperous and happy. Gratitude is a virtue of the
highest excellence, as it implies a feeling and generous heart, and a
proper sense of duty."
~Noah Websters 1828 Dictionary
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.
~Melody Beattie
Gratitude
bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those
transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life
and the world.
John Milton
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Quote of the day!! Dec. 11th (today)
Friendship! It is the greatest thing in the world!!!
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
― C.S. Lewis
Quote found on www.goodreads.com
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
― C.S. Lewis
Quote found on www.goodreads.com
Quote for the day!! Dec. 10th
Books! I love books, they are my world. If i could I would spend all day at a book store just looking at books and reading books.
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Quote found on www.goodreads.com
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Quote for the day!! Dec. 9th
This is a shout out to my Grandma!!!
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
-Vincent Van Gogh
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
-Hedy Lamarr
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
-Henry David Thoreau
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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
-Vincent Van Gogh
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
-Hedy Lamarr
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
-Henry David Thoreau
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Save your Soul!
I'm sorry I haven't posted anything since Halloween, that was like a month ago. I have been busy. but that's a lame excuse because everyone is busy.
So in My church every 6 months we have this thing called General Conference. Its where leaders of my church come and take with us about many different subjects.
I listened to them, but The Church does a wonderful thing and makes a magazine out off all the talks for us to read again and again. Another cool thing is that they are also on the internet.
Anyway, while I was looking through the magazine I came across a title that made me stop and think.
"What Shall a Man Give in Exchange for His Soul?"
Now I don't want to really talk about the contents of the talk but more the title. I think the title poses a really good point.
What do you think of when you first read it? What word really makes you think?
When I think on this I think of all the things that you can do to distance yourself from others, its when you accept something that would take away what really matters. Being prideful, selfish, lazy, vain, and
Think of the movie Ghost Rider, he sells his soul to the devil to get immortality, and to save is father from cancer, yet his father still dies and he is stuck serving the devil. Now he does do some good, but when the devils calls he has to answer. He chose to give his soul up, but he didn't realize the consequences of his actions.
Think of it like doing meth, you give up who you are, what you stand for and your soul to meth. One you start meth there is no going back, it is one of the worst drugs, because then your body can't live without it, you have to take pills the rest of your life, that don't make you high or anything but just give you what you exchanged for your soul. You exchange your freedom, you give it up for at the moment you think is better, but its not. Exchanging your soul for worldly things is one of the biggest problems in this era, there are so many people who exchanger their soul for worldly things that don't matter in the long run and in fact harm your soul.
You then become someone else, when you exchange your soul you become attached to the thing you exchange it for, you don't know how to live without it.
Now let me ask you something else, not that we have talked about exchanging your soul.
What shall a man give in exchange for your salvation?
When you think about this you have to make sure you don't come up with anything that would put your soul in jeopardy.
When I think about this question, I think about giving 10 minutes a day to do core book studying, its giving 3 hours every Sunday to the Lords worship. Its not giving into the worldly things that tempt all of us everyday. Its not exchanging your soul, its keeping it and and taking care of it.
Everyone has different beliefs, so just think about what works for yours.
So in My church every 6 months we have this thing called General Conference. Its where leaders of my church come and take with us about many different subjects.
I listened to them, but The Church does a wonderful thing and makes a magazine out off all the talks for us to read again and again. Another cool thing is that they are also on the internet.
Anyway, while I was looking through the magazine I came across a title that made me stop and think.
"What Shall a Man Give in Exchange for His Soul?"
Now I don't want to really talk about the contents of the talk but more the title. I think the title poses a really good point.
What do you think of when you first read it? What word really makes you think?
When I think on this I think of all the things that you can do to distance yourself from others, its when you accept something that would take away what really matters. Being prideful, selfish, lazy, vain, and
Think of the movie Ghost Rider, he sells his soul to the devil to get immortality, and to save is father from cancer, yet his father still dies and he is stuck serving the devil. Now he does do some good, but when the devils calls he has to answer. He chose to give his soul up, but he didn't realize the consequences of his actions.
Think of it like doing meth, you give up who you are, what you stand for and your soul to meth. One you start meth there is no going back, it is one of the worst drugs, because then your body can't live without it, you have to take pills the rest of your life, that don't make you high or anything but just give you what you exchanged for your soul. You exchange your freedom, you give it up for at the moment you think is better, but its not. Exchanging your soul for worldly things is one of the biggest problems in this era, there are so many people who exchanger their soul for worldly things that don't matter in the long run and in fact harm your soul.
You then become someone else, when you exchange your soul you become attached to the thing you exchange it for, you don't know how to live without it.
Now let me ask you something else, not that we have talked about exchanging your soul.
What shall a man give in exchange for your salvation?
When you think about this you have to make sure you don't come up with anything that would put your soul in jeopardy.
When I think about this question, I think about giving 10 minutes a day to do core book studying, its giving 3 hours every Sunday to the Lords worship. Its not giving into the worldly things that tempt all of us everyday. Its not exchanging your soul, its keeping it and and taking care of it.
Everyone has different beliefs, so just think about what works for yours.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Forgiveness
So I was thinking that I haven't the best blogger recently.
But I was thinking what I could blog about, and I am going to give you either an inspiring quote or a interesting quote. Please leave comment below if you like, I would love it.
So here are the quotes for the day!
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
But I was thinking what I could blog about, and I am going to give you either an inspiring quote or a interesting quote. Please leave comment below if you like, I would love it.
So here are the quotes for the day!
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi
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