We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others,giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in numbers, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms---to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances...
~~~Victor Frankl
Gratitude not only draws people to us, but it helps us keep rhose who are in our sphere. When we see the glass as half-full, rather than
half-empty, we notice what is there rather than dwelling on what is not. When we notice what's there we get out of our self-absorption
and realize that there are people around us, many of whom have
done wonderful things for us. And when we express our gratitude
for their presence in our lives, it's more likely that those people will want to continue to be around us.
All we need to do is to tap into our sense of gratitude, for when we do,
we are like little children again, seeing the world for the first time.
"Gratitude is ours fo the taking, but not to be taken for granted."
~~~Elizabeth Espersen
Life will give you pain all by itself.
Your responsibility is to create joy.
~~Milton Erickson, M. D.
Gratitude Eradicates Worry~~~~~~~~~~ You cannot be grateful and unhappy at the same time. ~~A woman To Dr. Tom Costa
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns
what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order,
confusion to clarity.... Gratitude makes sence
of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
~Melody Beattie
10:33 AM 
Gratitude creates happiness because it makes us feel ful, complete; gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need,
at least at this moment.
Gratitude births only positive feelings---love,
compassion, joy an hope. As we focus on what
we are thankful for, fear, anger, and bitterness
simply melt away without effort.
"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~
I would like to tell you a story that happened to me today of why I am greatful.
This morning, my kids and I were getting ready them for school and I for work. It was almost time to leave, and I asked my middle child to go out and start the truck to get it warm. We go out a few min. later and the truck is locked, keys in it and running. My middle child was upset because he was the one who started it, and I told him that it would get worked out and not to cry it just happens, and so I gave him a hug and a kiss and said things will be fine. I don't have a spare key, AAA or anything else. I didn't have the money to call a lock smith. I tried and tried to open it with a coat hanger and it wouldn't work. I called everyone and there brother to help me. I called my father inlaw to come and pick up the kids and take them to school, he hadn't even had his breakfast yet, but he did come and pick up the kids for me. My husband is working out of town so he couldn't help me either. I called my mom and dad crying cause I can't get in my truck. I know they can't help me but I still needed to call my daddy. I am 36 years old and yes I still need my daddy. So anyway, I called the auto body shop that my ex husband works at, the guy who owns the shop we are still in good turms with each other, I called to ask if he could tell me how to break in my own truck. Well, we have tools here that we can open it up with, but the only person that I have working for me that knows how to do it is your ex husband, and he asked if he could send him to open it for me. I said yes please!!!!! So anyway the owner didn't charge me for it. So, I am great full for him for doing that for me, I am greatful for my ex- husband for doing it for me as well, and for my father inlaw for taking my children to school. Even before he ate his breakfast. LOL So yes today I am thankful for all parties involed!!!!!! So THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!
“You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.”
– Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In light of the Thanksgiving Holiday coming up, here’s a list of 55 things to be grateful for. 
">http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/2008/11/24/55-things-to-be-grateful-for/
Thanksgiving
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
That's beautiful, Joanne. 
Thank You for the reminder....
Life really IS Good!
Wishing You, and All, a Wonderful Day!
Victoria
*We are not asked to be grateful to God and Heaven because heaven needs our thanks. We are asked to be grateful only for the need to RE~mind our Selves that Life is truely Rich and still full of goodness!
Joanne Cooper
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life,makes things right, turns what we have into enough, and more.
Gratitude turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into into clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, or a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of or past, brings peace today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
