I am grateful
Posted: September 5, 2012 | Author: Robin | Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Air, Earth, Fire, Gratitude, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: David Steindl-Rast, flowers, fog, G.K. Chesterton, gratitude, Karl Barth, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, Summer, trees, water, weather, wildflowers |39 CommentsEverything is a gift. Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless yes to belonging.
~ David Steindl-Rast
I am grateful for the early morning mist and the golden light that turns the dew into jewels.
I am grateful for my legs and feet because they carry me on my morning walks.
I am grateful for sunbeams.
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
~ Karl Barth
I am grateful for the coolness of the morning air.
I am grateful for the beauty that surrounds me, beauty that is always there. I only have to look.
I am grateful for my home, the little piece of Earth I live on, the meadows, the woods, the garden, and the pond. I am grateful to be who I am, where I am, right here, right now.
I am grateful for all the love in my life. I am grateful for Life.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
~ G. K. Chesterton
And I am grateful for all of you. Your visits, your likes, and your comments. Thank you.
I move through my day-to-day life with a sense of appreciation and gratitude that comes from knowing how fortunate I truly am and how unearned all that I am thankful for really is. To have this perspective in my everyday consciousness is in itself a gift, for it leads to feeling “graced,” or blessed, each time… Every time I see beauty around me I appreciate what I am seeing, and simultaneously I have this sense of appreciation — for being alive to have this particular moment.
~ Jean Shinoda Bolen
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What a wonder-filled reminder to not only be thankful, but to express it! 🙂
Thank you, Ted. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I am grateful for you, Robin, and all the lovely thoughts and photos you share with us.
Awwww… thank you, Shirley. 🙂
Oooooooo……sunbeams! 🙂 I’m grateful for the gift of your skill and you’re sharing it with us.
Thank you so much, Colleen. 🙂
Hi. Beautiful post!!!! Jane
Thank you, Jane. 🙂
What a beautiful post, through and through! Love the Chesteron quote… ♥
Thank you, FeyGirl. 🙂
Your images like gratitude itself are beautiful.
Thank you so much, Terry. 🙂
I´m grateful you are in my life
Thank you, Ellen. I’m grateful you’re in my life. 🙂
Golden
Thank you, Lorrie. 🙂
Wow…what wonderful lighting and colour. Superb.
Thank you, David. 🙂
there is such gorgeous light in these photos, i really like your compositions
i wish i was able to get up and see these lovely scenes in the morning
Thank you, Chloe. 🙂
You could try sunset. That’s the other “golden hour.” I haven’t really tried working with the light at sunset too much, but did get some lovely shots yesterday after it rained. The sun came out just before sunset, lighting everything up with that golden light.
If weather permits, I might try next weekend 🙂 thanks Robin
Wow wow wow! Each shot is a golden beauty! Gorgeous.
Thank you so much, LadyFi. 🙂
I am grateful that I found your blog and you. These photos – and your words – are beautiful, Robin. 🙂
Thank you so much, Val. I’m grateful to have found you and your blog, too. 🙂
Glorious photos today, Robin, and a thoughtful selection of quotes and musings to go with them…
Hope it’s cool and calm for you today!
Thank you, Marie. 🙂
It finally cooled off. I’m celebrating by opening all the windows.
Oooooooooooooooooo, ooooooooooooooooooooo, oooooooooooooooooooooooo – this is surely not a highly intelligent remark but it expresses my feelings quite exactly 🙂
lol! Thank you, Kolytyi. I like that. 🙂
Robin, beautiful gratitude post and photos. I love the spider web and spider! Your photos surely portray glow and gratitude. 🙂
Thank you, Anna. 🙂
Beautiful, Robin! Thank you so much for sharing your gratitude and eye for beauty with us. I didn’t comment on the waterfall post but the photos were awesome. 🙂
Thank you, Marianne. 🙂
***deep breath*** ***sigh of appreciation**** Lovely!
Thank you, Karma. 🙂
I am grateful that we are in one another’s lives, Robin. You are someone I like every much.
Thank you, Kathy. I feel the same way about you. 🙂
Love how you captured the light in these shots!
Thank you, Belen. 🙂