The Thank You Thread

[misterbig7]

thank you GOD for the all the simple stuff in life that i always take for granted..

 

food, clothing, shelter, my 5 senses, good health, my work and most importantly my family and friends..

 

THANK YOU

By Oprah Winfrey

 

I live in the space of thankfulness - and I have been rewarded a

million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for small things, and

the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased.

 

That's because what you focus on expands, and when you focus on the

goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities,

relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.

 

"Say thank you!" Those words from my friend and mentor Maya Angelou turned my life around. One day about ten years ago, I was sitting in my

bathroom with the door closed and the toilet lid down, booing and ahooing on the phone so uncontrollably that I was incoherent.

 

"Stop it! Stop it right now and say thank you!" Maya chided. "But - you

don't understand," I sobbed.

 

To this day, I can't remember what it was that had me so far gone,

which only proves the point Maya was trying to make. "I do understand," she told me. "I want to hear you say it now. Out loud.

 

'Thank you.'" Tentatively, I repeated it:

 

"Thank you - but what am I saying thank you for?"

 

"You're saying thank you," Maya said, "because your faith is so strong

that you don't doubt that whatever the problem, you'll get through it.

You're saying thank you because you know that even in the eye of the

storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds.

 

You're saying thank you because you know there's no problem created

that can compare to the Creator of all things. Say thank you!"

 

So I did - and still do. Only now I do it every day. I kept a gratitude

journal, as Sarah Ban Breathnach suggests in Simple Abundance, listing

at least five things that I'm grateful for. My list includes small

pleasures: the feel of Kentucky bluegrass under my feet (like damp silk); a walk in the woods with all nine of my dogs and my cocker spaniel Sophie trying to keep up; cooking fried green tomatoes with Stedman and eating them while they're hot; reading a good book and knowing another awaits.

 

My thank-you list also includes things too important to take for

granted: an "okay" mammogram, friends who love me, 15 years at the same job (and loving it more than the first day I started), a chance to share my vision for a better life, staying centered, having financial security.

 

I won't kid you, having money for all the things I want is a blessing.

But as I look back over my journals, which I've kept since I was 15

years old, 99 per cent of what brought me real joy had nothing to do with money . (It had a lot to do with food, however.)

 

It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least

thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you:

 

PERSPECTIVE. Just knowing you have that daily list to complete allows

you to look at your day differently, with an awareness of every sweet

gesture and kind thought passed your way. When you learn to say thank you, you see the world anew. And as Meister Eckhart so eloquently stated:

 

"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'Thank you God',

that would suffice."

[iwalkalone]

thank you for the yosi and empie...they keep me sane

[mizuno882004]

Thank you Lord and Mama Mary for everything! Thank you for the problems, the sorrows, the challenges as it makes me a stronger and a better person! And now the happiness, the universe, my family relatives and friends! Thank you for the good health, wealth, happiness, prosperity peace of mind, harmony which my family is blessed with! Thank you so much for taking care of us!

[maldita_overload]

k jajan,

 

thank you for teaching me the true meaning of sacrifice.

[willow_boy]

Thank you very much for the release of the scores. Now on to the next step in the process.

 

Thank you for the renewal of the agreement. It's tiding us over.

 

Thanks for the people around me and for the lessons I learn every day.

[hottlipss]

 

Thank you for bringing him home to us safe and sound

with only camel flea bites as battle scars.

Thank you for the life lessons we learned during this deployment.

We took everything in stride and we're able to see everything as welcome

challenge and only saw them as a positive learning experience.

 

 

[badgurl06]

hmm kasi im still alive..i still have my family and friends..have a job..life is good so far

[Tantarado]

i don't know what to say, you guys said it all!

God is really good!

[SilverWings]

people around me.. and this girl that i met..

[SaintandSinner]

Life is good because we have the power to choose what makes us happy. we are free. it's an endless journey to new discoveries, learning and realizations to make life even much better everyday.. pity those who don't see how beautiful how life really is..

[in_style]

thank you for so many things...

 

... thanks for the time off from work.

long deserved respite.

 

... thanks for taking care of my fammily while m away.

 

... thank you for wonderful associates.

they are taking care of things for a few days.

 

... thank you for blessings.

retail therapy is indeed my best skill!

 

... thanks for a good hotel.

it does feel good to be comfy.

 

... thank you for the chance to know people.

i wish that the best is yet to come.

[Tantarado]

Life is good kasi merong MTC!

[gonefishing]

Thank you for Paradise...........

 

Jesus promised to the thief next to him in the cross while he was dying, "tonight you will be with me in Paradise". Make that Tropical Paradise. I carried by cross....

 

Even if you are a thief, God forgives.

 

Thank you.

 

Thank you for Paradise...........

 

Jesus promised to the thief next to him in the cross while he was dying, "tonight you will be with me in Paradise". Make that Tropical Paradise. I carried by cross....

 

Even if you are a thief, God forgives.

 

Thank you.

 

GOODBYE.

[iwalkalone]

thank you thread

[Barenaked-NoMre]

Thank you, Ate R ... for getting your IT guy check on this notebook.

 

Thank you ... for each day.

 

Thank you ... for the job opportunities.

 

Thank you ... for EVERYTHING, despite the struggles/trials!