Never Quite Perfect

Today’s journal prompt:

How do you usually show you are grateful?

Today’s quote:

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey

Today’s journal prompt:

What does gratitude mean to you?

We are starting out with the basics for our month of gratitude. I think we may all some different definitions of what gratitude is to us.

Today’s quote:

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G K Chesterton

It’s a new month and I’ve decided to focus on gratitude this month. I will be reading Grateful The Subversive Practice of Giving Thanks by Diana Butler Bass this month. If you’d like to read along with me, I will be posting about the book as follows:

Saturday, November 9 – Part 1 Me: Emotions – Gifts and Thanks

Saturday, November 16 – Part 2 Me: Ethics – Awareness and Practice

Saturday, November 23 – Part 3 We: Emotions – Joy and Celebration

Saturday, November 30 – Part 4 We: Ethics – Community and Politics

To keep with the theme of gratitude, the prompts and quotes I post this month will all be related to gratitude.

Finally, since we’ve just begun a new month, don’t forget to review your goals and make your plan for what you will accomplish this month.

Today’s journal prompt:

What decision are you glad you made?

Today’s quote:

Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. – Chris Grosser

Today’s journal prompt:

What is standing in your way?

Today’s quote:

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. – Frank A Clark

Today’s journal prompt:

Are you settling for something?

Today’s quote:

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world. – Rihanna

Today’s journal prompt:

What opportunity are you waiting for?

Today’s quote:

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon

Today’s journal prompt:

Describe your last life changing moment.

Today’s quote:

By being gentle with and taking care of ourselves, we will discover that our first and foremost contribution to the planet is just that: our selves. – Pat Hanson

Today’s journal prompt:

What do you need to accept?

Today’s quote:

Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself. – Deborah Reber

Today’s journal prompt:

What impact do you hope to have on the world?

Today’s quote:

Let go of judging others and yourself. Your life will get easier. You’ll like yourself more. – Emma Wright