The Gift of Time

Give thanks for the gift of time.

Each day, each hour, each moment is precious – so let’s not waste the time given to us with unnecessary worry and jealousy.

Let’s try not to will our existence away, always comparing our lives to others, while forgetting what we have been given and what we have right here, right now.

Let’s take time to love the people around us, rather than finding things to complain about and criticise. Let’s take time to think of others and to find ways of helping and loving them, instead of always thinking first of ourselves and our needs, and what we want and what we think we deserve.

And as we wake each morning, let’s give thanks for the days we have been given and always find moments in each day to smile, to love and to laugh.  

On this day – February 29th 2012 – when we are given an extra day, I’ve been thinking about how I use my time and how, sometimes, I just get it all wrong. So the words are for me, as well as for anyone who might be interested in reading them.

Praise and Thanksgiving

Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God

 

 – White Eagle

 (Quote from thanksgivinglovers.org/quotes)

Sweet Gratitude

Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there’s always something we could be grateful for

– Barry Neil Kaufman, author, teacher, and co-founder of The Option Institute and Autism treatment Center of America.

(Quote from wisdomquotes.com)

Blessings!

Strength, rest, guidance, grace, help, sympathy, love – all from God to us!! What a list of blessings!
 – E. Stenbock

 (Quote from http://www.thank-you-notes.com/christian-thank-you-quotes.html)

Praise more

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction

 – Harry Ironside (Henry Allen “Harry” Ironside1876- 1951) was a Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, theologian, pastor and author.

(Quote from http://www.thank-you-notes.com/christian-thank-you-quotes.html)

Appreciate little gifts

So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me

– Terrence Howard (b.1969) American actor and singer.

(Quote from brainyquote.com)

A Grateful Heart

A grateful heart is one that finds the countless blessings of God in the seemingly mundane everyday life

– Anonymous

(Quote from http://www.thank-you-notes.com)

Gratitude right now

Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment

– M J Ryan American Change Expert, writer and motivator. She is one of the creators of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of The Happiness Makeover

(Quote from http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/m-j-ryan)

True thanksgiving

True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him

 – George R Hendrick

(Quote from http://www.quotecosmos.com)

Opportunity to be grateful

Ninety-nine percent of the time we have an opportunity to be grateful for something. We just don’t notice it. We go through our days in a daze

– Brother David Steindl-Rast is a Catholic Benedictine monk, notable for his active participation in interfaith dialogue and his work on the interaction between spirituality and science. This quote comes from an interview which first appeared in Sacred Journey magazine, October 2001.

(Quote from http://www.gratefulness.org/readings)