#thankfulness

[alwaysrememberjesus]

Quit Your Complaining

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[kazoosandfannypacks]

Today I got started thinking about raspberries.

Guys, I love raspberries. Raspberry iced tea, raspberry yogurt, raspberry smoothies, raspberries on their own. I adore them. They're a pretty color and when they're blended they're another pretty color and they taste amazing and they've got a super fun texture.

Tonight I was treating myself to one of my favorite foods: yogurt with honey and frozen raspberries mixed in. I can't get enough of that stuff (and being on an antibiotic gives me an excuse to eat as much yogurt as I want ;))

As I was stirring up my treat, I couldn't help but wonder: Did God know? Did God think about this moment? When God made bees, did He think about how their honey would sweeten my snack this evening? When God made cows, did He consider which cow's milk would make my yogurt? When God made raspberries, did He know we'd freeze them so we can eat them year round? Did He know how much I'd love the flavor and the color and the texture? Do you think I was on God's mind when he made raspberries?

Because I think I was, and it's incredible. God made raspberries and knew I'd love them. What else did He make with us on his mind? As He forms each daisy, does he think "I can't wait until Kazzy sees this one?" As He sends the sun and rain on the crops of wheat that'll become the flour that'll become the cakes I bake, does He think about the joy that I get from doing that? He created the sand that became the glass became the lenses of my glasses— when He did that, did he realize He was granting me greater sight?

I think He did know, and it's honestly blowing my mind how many blessings I have that remind me how often I am on God's mind.

God, thank you for raspberries, and yogurt and honey and sunshine, and all the little blessings I take for granted every moment 🙏

#kazzy's diary #raspberries #follower of jesus #kazzy writes #kazzy writes blessings #thankfulness #god #christianity

[numenrecords]

#travelling #worldwide #nature #music #downtempo #chillout #triphop #lounge #alternative #electronic #ambient #spotify #numen records #peace #tranquille #gratitude #thankfulness #at rest

[wednesdaysfullofwoe]

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers

L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables 🍁

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[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Aqua and White ~

#quotes #start each day with a grateful heart #thankfulness #words #encouragement #motivation #thoughts #lettering #word art

[imaginal-ai]

Patron Recognition

"Smiling Man on Chair" (0001)

My sincere thanks to @mark-mpls for becoming a patron! It means a lot to me. 💛 I generated and featured "Smiling Man on Chair" (0001) specifically for this post. I hope you like it. 🙂

Again, thank you!

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[unhavoc]

We celebrate the tree that stretches to the sky, but it is the ground we should ultimately thank.

- Becky Chambers, To be Taught, If Fortunate

#to be taught if fortunate #becky chambers #fav read of the year so far #book recs #science fiction #trees #thankfulness #gratitude #quotes #nature #nature quotes

[watercolourcritters]

thanks for being a part of this wild and wonderful world <3

(It's Canadian Thanksgiving today, so this is my very late offering - hope you all had a lovely weekend marking the changing of the seasons)

Instagram | Etsy

[ID copied from Alt Text: Marker art of a wild turkey tom, showing it's iridescent feathers, red wattles, blue head, and brown tail feathers. Text reads "I am thankful for you (heart shape)." The turkey looks at the viewer. The background is white, and the artist's signature reads @ watercolourcritters. End ID.]

#thanksgiving #turkey #encouragement #thankfulness #support #art #marker art #watercolour critters art #messy encouragement cards

[esuemmanuel]

De pronto me dan ganas de escribir tanto, de decir tanto, de hacerle saber al mundo mi gratitud por posar los ojos en lo que hago, pero me callo, porque, probablemente, no sea importante para nadie.

Hoy en día, la gente no se interesa por lo que le puedas decir, creo que lo único que buscan es un eco a sus propias pasiones, dolores, pensamientos, traumas o sinsabores, haciendo de lado al alma que las escribe… y eso me parece sumamente lamentable.

Aun así, no hemos de callarnos la gratitud ni lo que sentimos, sólo hay que saber elegir bien a quienes dársela.

Por eso…

Gracias.

Hortensia, la flor de la gratitud *(Hydrangea, the flower of gratitude).

Suddenly I feel like writing so much, to say so much, to let the world know my gratitude for looking at what I do, but I keep quiet, because it is probably not important to anyone.

Nowadays, people are not interested in what you can tell them, I think the only thing they are looking for is an echo to their own passions, pains, thoughts, traumas or sorrows, leaving aside the soul that writes them… and that seems to me extremely regrettable.

Even so, we should not keep our gratitude or our feelings to ourselves, we just have to know how to choose well to whom to give it.

That is why…

Thank you.

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[accidental-spice]

Things I'm grateful for

Fries my beloved

Music

Friends my beloved!!!

Chocolate

Green chili queso dip

Fun jewelry

Good music

Spiritual parallels in secular media

Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream

Leverage

Potatoes

Hot chocolate

Mini marshmallows in my hot chocolate

My family

Pumpkin cheesecake bars

#posting this late but oh well #thankfulness

[lil-lavender-and-friends]

"If life is like a box of chocolates, I'm just a cat who's happy there's a box"

based on this post from a beloved mutual that's stuck with me since I read it. sometimes the box is full of unpleasant chocolates, but I need to remind myself that it is a treasure just to have the box.

reblogs are appreciated; repost only with permission!

#lil lavender and friends #purple cat #positivity #box of chocolates #gratitude #thankfulness #artists on tumblr

[alwaysrememberjesus]

Thanking and Praising Without Competing

We live in a competitive environment. The message the world sends that’s hard to ignore is that we need to do things better and faster, and finish them sooner, than others. There’s nothing wrong with being productive, as long as we have the right motivation. We accomplish more being motivated by a thankful heart than we ever could by any carrot-and-stick external enticement.

Our motives matter. We can feel pressured to perform when we compare ourselves to others and try to compete with them. There are plenty of people who commend themselves. However, Paul warned the believers at Corinth that it wasn’t wise to measure or compare themselves with themselves. (2 Cor 10:12)

What we expose ourselves to influences how we think, and how we think determines how we feel. This is part of the anatomy of life, and it applies to our motives. Exposing ourselves to the Word of grace moves us into thankfulness for all God has done for us. There’s great power in choosing to give thanks always, in Jesus’ name (Eph 5:20); God’s will is for us to give thanks in the midst of everything we go through.

It’s important to make a distinction here; we don’t give thanks for the bad things, but in the midst of them. Specifically, we can be grateful for God’s faithfulness in delivering us from the messes we create for ourselves, for His undying love for us, and for His mercy in sparing us from what we deserve when we fall short. We can praise the Lord and give thanks to Him because He’s good and His mercy endures forever (Psalm 106:1). We can’t say that about anyone else in our lives.

Pushing ourselves too hard to accomplish a task through self-effort can lead to frustration and burnout. Instead of going down that path, we can base our motives on the success God has already made available to us. Meditating on this generates a grateful heart in us and makes us more successful than we could ever be on our own.

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[cissy-side-thoughts]

Thankfulness 10/19/23

Three things I’m thankful for today…

The sapphic chemistry between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy in the Max animated tv show, Harley Quinn.

My old middle school music teacher, who’s a motherly figure to me. She always knows what to say, and she’s always open to give me a hug 🥰

My old Studio Art teacher. She’s a straight shooter whose advice never fails to give me some insight and wisdom. Love her dearly 🥹 (another mother figure heh…)

What three things are you thankful for today? 🤍✨

Tagging: @0--ares--0 @tenderheartgrumpymind @rrcenic @dopenightmaretyphoon @dianneking @v3nusxsky

#cissy side thoughts talks #what are you thankful for? #i want to here you #show your thankfulness #i’m thankful #thankfulness #thankful #grateful #gratefulness #daily thankfulness

[numenrecords]

#naturally #travelling #worldview #music #downtempo #chillout #triphop #lounge #alternative #numen records #spotify #youtube #gratitude #thankfulness

[dress-this-way]

Thankful Hands - StoneGable

#thankful #thankfulness #thanksgiving #thankful hands #praise #Lord #God

[eelhound]

"What would it be like to be truly content with what we have? You can understand that in regard to material things, of course, but I also mean it in regard to our life in total. What would it be like to walk down the street like that? Not imagining where you’re going or where you’re coming from but being content with whatever the street, the world, has to offer at exactly that moment in time.

Dogen said it would be like this: 'The mind and the externals are just thus. The gate of liberation is open.' What? Let me explain.

At the Zen center we have a few beautiful tea bowls made by a Japanese potter, all of which are chipped now, because people wash them and stack them in the metal rack, and they’re very fragile. When I talk to our community members about not putting them in the rack, they say, 'They’re too delicate to use. Why do we even have them?' Suzuki Roshi had the same problem with the teacups in his own Zen center. (It must be a Zen center epidemic.) A student complained to Suzuki about the cups. He smiled and said, 'You just don’t know how to handle them. You have to adjust yourself to the environment, not vice versa.'

This is what Dogen was saying, too. The gate of liberation is always open. Liberation from what? Liberation from walking around in a dream, like a zombie looking for contentment outside your immediate and precious life. If only you could actually recognize and receive what is here in front of you, rather than what you wish were here instead. Why is that so hard? I don’t know, but I do know that I certainly have a tendency to want to adjust my environment to myself, not the other way around. Instead, is it possible for us to constantly give thanks for whatever our life gives us? This is how to practice being truly content with what we have — even when it seems impossible.

One of my heroes of practicing this radical contentment is the 18th-century haiku master Issa, who is a beloved poet in Japan. He has a haiku that goes 'Everything I touch / with tenderness, alas, / pricks like a bramble.' Essentially, 'Everything I touch turns to shit.' He had his reasons for saying so. His mother died when he was 3, and he was raised in part by a loving grandmother, who died when he was 14. He was sent away from his home by his father and stepmother, not returning until he was 49. He then met his wife, Kiku. Their first child died in birth. Their second died as a toddler. Then a third child died, and finally, Kiku herself died. It was after their second child’s death that Issa wrote probably his most famous poem: 'This world— / Is a dewdrop world, / And yet, and yet . . .'

Issa was so interested in that 'and yet.' In a body of work inspired by incredible suffering and melancholy, there is also that incredible sweetness of the 'and yet,' which pervades his writing. It’s a sweetness that coexists with sorrow, and it reminds us that sweetness is always available to us, if we’re willing to fully enter our life, just as it is."

- Koshin Paley Ellison, from "Being Content with What We Have." Tricycle, June 2019.

#koshin paley ellison #dogen #issa #quote #quotations #thankfulness #gratitude #contentment #satisfaction #materialism #consumerism #greed #zazen #zen #buddhism