15 Quotes to Remind You to Be Thankful // Faithfully Honest
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!
It’s a different kind of feel this year, right? Yes? Okay, good. Wanted to make sure it’s not just me ;)
Thanksgiving is usually one of my favorite holidays. Aside from the fact that it’s a day solely dedicated to eating a bunch of delicious food and gathering with loved ones, it's also the time to remind ourselves of all the things that we are thankful for. This year, that may not be so easy.
Look, I don’t even have to get into details of this year…I think we can all agree that it’s had its challenges. But I’m a true believer in finding the good in all situations. It’s a gift and a curse at times. This year, for as scary, different, life changing, and crazy it has been is, there’s still a lot to be thankful for.
It can be hard to find the good in tough seasons. So aside from my usual gratitude list, I thought it’d be better to share some great Thanksgiving quotes to help remind us of the importance of gratitude.
Read on below for 15 quotes to remind you to be thankful…
"Even in the trials of life, if we have eyes to see them, we can find good things everywhere we look."
—Joanna Gaines“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“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”
—Catherine Pulsifer“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
—Maya Angelou"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
—Willie Nelson"When you recognize that you will thrive not in spite of your losses and sorrows but because of them... the word for that is healing."
—Cheryl Strayed“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
—Henry Van Dyke“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
—Johannes A. Gaertner“Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
—Charles Dickens"Be consistent in your dedication to showing your gratitude to others. Gratitude is a fuel, medicine, and spiritual and emotional nourishment.”
—Steve Maraboli“For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.”
—Charlotte Bronte“Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.”
—Joyce Giraud“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
—William Arthur Ward"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 BeattieThanksgiving day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.
—E.P. Powell
Regardless of the weirdness that attaches itself to the holidays this year, I still hope you’ve been able to find a way to spend time with your loved ones, whether in person or via technology. I hope you still are eating yummy food and are finding moments to relax. I hope you are reflecting and finding moments of thankfulness.
Know I am thankful for YOU, dear reader! You reading my writings and even just being here in this moment means a lot to me. SO THANK YOU!
Cheers to a season of gratitude!
Xo