“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 “Gratitude is the attitude that changes everything. To be grateful for something is to stop resisting it, to see it and acknowledge it as a gift, even when the gift is not immediately apparent.” - Neale Donald Walsch (Friendship with God) “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” – Seneca “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracey “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” - William Arthur Ward “In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline.” - Daphne Rose Kingma (A Garland of Love) “Gratitude arises when you accept the Wisdom of All That Is, and that the God Essence lives in All Things, no matter what appearances may be. Even times experienced as difficult, such as now, are bridges to Higher Levels of Consciousness, and so carry their own blessings.” - Celia Fenn “Gratitude is what returns us to Love.  When we feel unable to Love - whether it's our Beloved companions, life challenges, changing circumstances, anything! - we are always able to find something to be grateful for!  It is here that Gratitude brings us home to Love, to our centre, to a space of empowered, sacred creation!” - Unattributed Reflections ''Only let the moving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on the surface of your being.” - Rumi Of Gratitude ...
Raasay, with Skye in the background, viewed from Applecross
The expression of gratitude makes a statement that acknowledges and accepts what is, regardless. Through this acceptance of what life has brought, more of what life has to offer opens to you. Gratitude imposes no condition, requires no result. It grows the heart, healing and affirming your connection to your essential nature, your oneness with All That Is.