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A Grateful Reminder
Have you asked yourself what you were thankful for today? If you are like most people, you would think that nothing really big happened for you to be thankful for; quite contrarily, this day was like any other, with more disappointments than good things.
Quite possibly, you think this way because you only took into account that bad things that happened in this day and just took the good things for granted. Like, having three meals a day, or being able to afford to brush your teeth in the morning, or to just simply be alive to face a new day with infinite possibilities.
It's about time that people from all over start counting their blessings more, and moreover, thanking God for it. A gratitude prayer at the start and end of your day is all you need to put things in perspective.
Gratitude Prayers
First, begin by giving thanks for the people around you. It may seem like family can be a burden sometimes, but these people are the ones who will love you unconditionally no matter what you do. Be thankful to God for giving them and continually giving them to you and their contributions to your life, and their safety throughout the day as well.
You may also pray about the people that guide you in life; leaders you look up to, teachers who point you in the right direction. Be thankful that you have such people to help you through the daily struggles, and count each of them as a blessing in your life.
If you are able to read this, then be thankful as well that your body is in working condition. Some people do not have this luxury of a healthy body and a literate mind, and remember to pray for them as well. Pray for the people that do not have the blessings that you have right now, and be thankful about what you have.
And lastly, always be thankful that you are alive and are now living on this wonderful earth. In every day that you live, you will encounter both beautiful, happy things, as well as the negative. But do not count all the wrongs.
Remember that as long as you are alive, you should be thankful, and by having the opportunity to live, you are already a step closer to correcting any mistakes you have done or was done to you. Always count the good, and give a gratitude prayer daily to remind yourself that God has always provided you with all that you will ever need; your life and His love.
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Happiness Is...
This is a common question in a lot of books (and, more recently, on the profile page of most social networking sites): What is your definition of happiness?
For a lot of us in today's fast-paced and highly materialistic world, it's money. Because let's face it: money can make almost anything in this world available to us. Love to travel?
Cash up and get some first-class airline tickets to go see the beautiful sights all over the globe, or have fun at the world's most exotic beaches.
Love food? All you need is cash (or a high-limit credit card) and you can snack on anything, from food from the finest 5-star restaurants to guilty-good street fare.
Want social status? Go shopping for the most expensive clothes, cars, even escorts. Name it and it's probably for sale. But you can be sure that none of these "for sale" items will really give you true happiness.
All they can give you is a certain amount of superficial pleasure, and after a while, you can bet that it disappears, and everything just ends with you unsatisfied and once again on a spending run.
For others, a relationship defines happiness. Having a steady boyfriend or girlfriend, or being in a successful marriage, would be the things that make them happy. There is nothing wrong in aspiring for good relationships, but one cannot make it run one's life.
You cannot make your happiness and state of well being dependent on the actions and decisions of other people. Those of us who make relationships the main anchor for our happiness would find ourselves in a lot of trouble if ever these relationships do not work out or fall apart.
Whenever you find yourself solely being happy in relation to how others feel and what others do, then you're in trouble.
Happiness should not be defined by outside forces: it should be defined by an inner peace and satisfaction in one's self. It should not be defined by what the word has to offer you, but what you have to offer the world.
With this mindset, your own personal happiness cannot be taken away from you by less than ideal circumstances, whether it be in financial security or in your love life. Happiness is something you can give people, and with that, also feel it within your self.
Happiness a personal decision, not something that can be achieved through any other channel. Happiness is right within your grasp, ready for the taking.
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Graduation or commencement is one of the most magical times in anyone's life. Whether be it from high school or college, graduation marks a momentous milestone that will only be crossed once.
Graduation is a culmination of years of hard work, dedication, and quest for knowledge. Graduation is a special recognition for the bestowing of diplomas, certificates, degrees, and honors. Share these special and moving graduation inspirational quotes with your grad today.
#1
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#2
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
~Milton Berle
#3
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
~William Arthur Ward
#4
Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
#5
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
~Henry David Thoreau
#6
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
#7
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
~Santiz Anatole France
#8
I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.
~Anonymous
#9
All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.
~Walt Disney
#10
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
#11
Graduation is a time of completion, of finishing, of an ending,
however, it is also a time of celebration of achievement and
a beginning for the new graduate.
~Catherine Pulsifer
#12
You are educated.
Your certification is in your degree.
You may think of it as the ticket to the good life.
Let me ask you to think of an alternative.
Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
~Tom Brokaw
#13
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies
'commencement exercises'.
Graduation is not the end;
it's the beginning.
~Orrin Hatch
#14
I will reach for the stars no matter how hard it seems,
and fly like a bird with the knowledge this journey brings.
~Semetra C. Vanison
#15
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather,
always bring your own sunshine.
~Anthony J. D'Angelo
#16
Graduation is only a concept.
In real life every day you graduate.
Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life.
If you can grasp that,
you'll make a difference.
~Arie Pencovici
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These motivational quotes for athletes are meant to bring inspiration to everyone that reads them and can apply to all facets of life. Believing in yourself, making a commitment to others, and working towards a goal are all part of being the best you can be, both on the field and off. These quotes will both move you and encourage you along all of life's winding paths.
#1
Its lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. - Muhammed Ali
#2
I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much trouble. - Rudyard Kipling
#3
If you win through bad sportsmanship, that's no real victory. - Babe Didrikson Zaharias
#4
When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less. - Paul Brown
#5
It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. - Addison Walker
#6
Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way. -Jim Courier
#7
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky
#8
You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. - Harriet Woods
#9
The only one who can tell you 'you can't ' is you. And you don't have to listen. - Nike
#10
Accept challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. - Unknown
#11
It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up. -Vince Lombardi
#13
Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you do repeatedly. - Shaquille O'Neal
#14
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results. - Unknown
#15
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. - Michael Jordan
#16
I can't play being mad. I go out there and have fun. It's a game, and that's how I am going to treat it. - Ken Griffey, Jr.
#17
In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don't win, how can you lose? - Jesse Owens
#18
Gold medals don't make champions . . . hard work does.
-Unknown
#19
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. - Knute Rockne
#20
Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success. - Jim Harbaugh
#21
Good coaches teach respect for the opposition, love of competition, the value of trying your best, and how to win and lose graciously.
- Brooks Clark
#22:
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller
#23
With more success, comes greater problems along with greater ability to solve them. - Mark Victor Hansen
#24:
Success is not a journey, success is not material rewards, success is not money, success is you. - Pierre Provost
#25:
I have heard it said that the first ingredient of success - the earliest spark in the dreaming youth - is this; dream a great dream. - John A. Appleman
#26:
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. - Theodore Roosevelt
#27:
One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy. - Frank Shutts
#28:
Action is the foundational key to all success. - Anthony Robbins
#29:
The twin killers of success are impatience and greed. - Jim Rohn
#30:
Success is here and now. - Pierre Provost
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These forgiveness scriptures were written about seeking atonement from our Holy Father. Can you reflect this same type of unconditional love with those that seek forgiveness from you? While it is hard to forgive those who hurt us, it is often equally as hard to ask for forgiveness. Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from these forgiveness scriptures.
#1
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
#2
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew 11:28)
#3
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. (Psalm 55:22)
#4
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (1 John 2:1)
#5
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
#6
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. (Acts 3:19)
#7
I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted. (Isaiah 43:25-26)
#8
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus ... (Romans 8:1)
#9
Come now and let us reason together, says the Lord,
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. (Isaiah 1:18)
#10
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
#11
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. (Ephesians 1:7)
#12
If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Matthew 6:14-15
# 13
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke uponyou and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
Matthew 11:28
# 14
Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22
# 15
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 John 2:1
#16
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
# 17
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
Acts 3:19
# 18
I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; let us contend together; state your case, that you may be acquitted.
Isaiah 43:25-26
# 19
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus ...
Romans 8:1
# 20
Come now and let us reason together, says the Lord,
Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
Isaiah 1:18
# 21
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
# 22
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7
# 23
Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.
Hebrews 10:17
# 24
The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Daniel 9:9
# 25
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:13-14
# 26
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12
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