“the blessings won’t come unless you are willing to receive them. closed hearts don’t get fed, star.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“i trust in my blessings, because i trust in the intentions behind the work i have done in order to receive them.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“When Jesus calls the twelve apostles, he does so as a sign of the 'gathering' of Israel, and because we're meant to join together in worship and ministry. But Jesus doesn't call a faceless mass; he calls each by name, just as he calls you, with all your gifts and talents.”— James Martin, SJ, twitter.com
“Make use of every blessing that God gave you today. A blessing cannot be saved for tomorrow.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the st…”— Laura Ingalls Wilder, amazon.com
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com
“May we have to courage to extend love to family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, and our enemies. May we extend warm smiles to each other, listen to each other, understand each other, and forgive each other. May we see more clearly the eternal truth that we are one, bound tightly together by the…”— Cylon George, spirituallivingforbusypeople.com
“There are so many gifts, so many blessings, so many sources that I can't say any one thing—unless that one thing is love. By love I don't mean indulgence. I do not mean sentimentality. And in this instance, I don't even mean romance. I mean that condition that allowed humans to dream of God. To make…”— Maya Angelou, oprah.com
“The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me. To gently push aside and silence the many voices that question my goodness and to trust that I will hear the voice of blessing-- that demands real effort.”— Henri J.M. Nouwen, amazon.com
“Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must nev…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things th…”— Ann Voskamp, amazon.com
“While saying goodbye does mean accepting that a part of our life is now over, it also provides us with a chance to realize just how blessed our lives have been.To look back and reflect on the journeys we’ve shared with some wonderful people, while being exposed to amazing and invaluable experiences…”— Craig James Ruvere, tinybuddha.com