Thanksgiving and Happiness :)

"Most people would rather be certain they are miserable, than risk being happy." 

 Robert Anthony

"The best way to cheer yourself up, is to cheer someone else up."

Mark Twain

I love this quote because it is so true :)

I haven't had a lot of motivation to blog lately because I have been a little down so this post is mostly for my own resolve lol and it if happens to help you...then it was that much more worth it.

"The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy."

Jim Rohn

Let's break down the walls and figure out how to live...because we all have so much to give to others...xoxo

"The greatest thief of human happiness and abundance is ungratefulness.  Any lack in our lives - whether in money, health, or relationships - is simply the evidence of a lack of gratitude.  If you focus on lack you are not being grateful, and that will bring more lack into your life.  Yet the simple state of radiating gratitude summons everything to you.

No matter who you are or where you are, you can change your life with gratitude, but you must feel it with your whole heart and radiate it from every cell.  Gratitude is not a mental exercise, and in fact, if you simply use your mind for gratitude it will have little or no power.  True gratitude comes from your heart!  You must think gratitude through your heart, speak gratitude through your heart, and feel it intensely in your heart.

Then practice gratitude relentlessly.  As you practice gratitude you will attract more thoughts and feelings of gratitude.  In a short time your entire being will be saturated with it, and you will experience a happiness that is beyond what you can imagine.  This is what is ahead for you when you choose gratitude as your way of life.  And if you can really live in this highest state of gratitude, you will never have to ask for anything.  Everything you want will be given to you before you even ask, because gratitude is the magnetic substance that opens every single door in the Universe."

Try this...

Try saying thank you in as many ways as you can and for as many things you can think of every night...

And your normal activities during the day, how about instead of saying, "Traffic sucks," try giving thanks for the automobile you have that gets you to where you need and want to be.

Instead of saying, "I am sad,"  say, "Thank you for giving me a healthy body and a healthy mind so that I have the ability to think and live and love!!"

Instead of saying, "Why me," try saying, "Thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow from this experience."

Being thankful is powerful.  Love yourself, love one another and be thankful for what you do have :)

*I am thankful to all of those who have given me the opportunity to love them.  I have learned a lot from you all*