Thinking about Happiness Today

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. ~Johann von Goethe

Find a quiet moment to sit down and feel peace. Drink a cup of tea, slowly, and think of the peace present in your home!

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ~Victor Hugo

And we are all loved by the greatest of loves. Today spend some time thinking about God's love for you. Just for today, love the unloveable....in yourself and others.

Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!~ Anne Frank

What a dear soul. Imagine the conditions Anne Frank was living in when she wrote this. Pause for a moment,right where you are, and find something beautiful. If you can get outside, look straight up at the sky and marvel!

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Allan K. Chalmers

Just what Charlotte Mason said to do!

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. ~Rabbi H. Schachtel

Consider starting a gratitude journal if you don't have one already.

Happiness is finding two olives in your Martini when you're hungry. ~Johnny Carson

Isn't this the essence of happiness? Finding joy in the little surprises sprinkled in our days.

Wishing you gratitude and joy today!

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More on Gratitude

Some more thoughts on gratitude:

Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, but still remember what the Lord has done.

~Shakespeare

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness. ~N.P. Willis

O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.~ Shakespeare

A grateful thougt toward heaven is of itself a prayer. ~Lessing

~On Gratitude~

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~Melody Beattie


Thou that has given so much to me,Give one thing more–a grateful heart;Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if thy blessings had spare days;But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy praise. ~George Herbert

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more. ~Brother David Steindl-Rast

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. ~ Doris Day

...I like this topic- but let the above be digested and I'll post some more tomorrow! Pleasant thoughts should be ruminated, not scarfed!

We went to one of our favorite thrift stores today and found some treasures to make us smile! (The best part is that the priciest item was 1.00!!) Here are some of the neat things we found:
1.Word Thief- a never-opened word game that won several awards
2. The Renaissance art game
3. Assorted brightly-colored velour cloths to use for dress-ups. They are very large and were only .25 a piece!!!
4. A new lego for Sam (birthday coming soon!) for .75
5. Oliver found a Beanie baby for .25
6.A game called "Egyptians", also brand new, for 1.00
7. A Richard Scary storybook and a Berenstain Bears book we didn't have- both for .10

Going to the thrift shop really is like openeing a treasure chest; you never know what you will come across!