"God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road."
Isak Dinesen
Browsing category: Gratitude
"Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour."
Arthur Schopenhauer
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
Hanh Nhat Thich
"When a person doesn't have gratitude something is missing in his or her humanity." Elie Wiesel
Back when I was a high school English teacher there were some stock standard pieces of literature that consistently made it onto the curriculum. Shakespeare always had a spot, Dickens was a regular and not a year seemed to go by without having to teach John Keats’ Ode to a Grecian Urn. When students love the arts - and literature specifically, that’s them converted for life. Their ear is attuned, and their sensibilities respond to the scansion of poems and the magical spells great writers cast. However, a young adult who has no
"It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living." David Whyte
"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."
Henry Rollins
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." Lao Tzu