M. J. Ryan Quotes About Gratitude

• Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don't necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly you can actually see what it is. And because you can see, you no longer take it for granted.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Light, Different

  M. J. Ryan (1999). “Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Everyday of Your Life”, p.83, Conari Press

• Gratitude helps us love well by keeping us focused on the beauty in our relationship and the person we love.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Helping, Our Relationship

  MJ Ryan, Daphne Rose Kingma (2002). “Attitudes of Gratitude in Love: Creating More Joy in Your Relationship”, p.40, Conari Press

• Spiritual leaders teach that waking up is a process, that it doesn't just happen once and for all, but must occur again and again when we realize we have forgotten the miracle of being alive, and in recognizing our forgetfulness, we wake to the miracle once again. In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.

  M. J. Ryan

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Leader

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.76, Conari Press

• Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Joy, Feelings

  M.J. Ryan (2007). “Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude”, p.15, Conari Press

• Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness, where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong. It makes us feel complete, that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Needs

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.2, Conari Press

• In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.

  M. J. Ryan

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Alive

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.76, Conari Press

• Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Bitterness, Resentment

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.48, Conari Press

• Take a deep breath and think of the three things you are grateful for, right in this moment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Grateful, Thinking

• Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can count on living the life we want

  M. J. Ryan

  Inspirational, Positive, Gratitude

• Here's a practice for dealing with envy...each time you find yourself envious of someone...ask yourself, "What is there that I am noticing in the other person that I want to find in myself?"...If it's money, is it the freedom? The cance to play that money buys? A sense of security? Whatever it is-more play, a sense of security, free time-you can work on getting more of it in your life, no matter what the circumstances.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Play, Practice

• I got sick and tired of a joyless existence, and so have thought a lot in the past few years about how to bring more joy into my life. The more I think about it, the more I believe that joy and gratitude are inseparable. Joy is defined in the dictionary as an "emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires," while gratitude is that "state of being appreciative of benefits received." In other words, whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Believe, Tired

  M. J. Ryan (2017). “Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.14, Conari Press

• Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Needs, Realization

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.24, Conari Press

• We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world-to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Joy, Waiting

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.124, Conari Press

• At each level of gratitude our soul's capacity deepens, starting with contentment to meaningfulness, and finally, to pure joy.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Joy, Soul

• Gratitude is a feeling of fullness, a recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Heart, Feelings

  M.J. Ryan (2002). “Attitudes of Gratitude in Love: Creating More Joy in Your Relationship”, p.36, Conari Press

• Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Blessed, Miracle

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