Thanksgiving week naturally gets me thinking about thankfulness and gratitude more than usual. (Also, how is it possible that Thanksgiving is in 4 days?! ) I try to keep gratitude in the forefront of my mind at all times. Some days it’s easier than others. Some days I am more successful than others. However, seeing as how we are nearing Thanksgiving, I am focusing today’s post on affirmations of gratitude.
What are affirmations?
Are you familiar with affirmations? Affirmations are short, powerful, positive statements that help you maintain control of your thoughts. You become what you think about. Positive thoughts = a positive mind.
The Daily Goal Getter has an excellent post explaining affirmations. Check it out here!
I am not sure if quotes meet the “textbook definition” of an affirmation, but they help me to keep a positive mind. I turn to quotes all of the time to help get me out of a funk (Quotes for Love, Quotes for Anxiety, Quotes for a Positive Life).
I also *try* to teach my kids about gratitude. I have a post about it here, but I’m not as consistent as I would like to be.
Affirmations of Gratitude
Meister Eckhart
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you’, that would be enough.
Jefferson Bethke
Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.
Epicurus
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Willie Nelson
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
James Allen
No duty more urgent than giving thanks
Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
William Wordsworth
Rest and be thankful
Robert Brault
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Mary Davis
The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.
What's your favorite affirmation of gratitude?
Do you have a favorite quote or affirmation of gratitude? If so, I’d LOVE to read it in the comments.
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