The Garden of Gratitude

Gratitude is a feeling

of happiness that grows

within you when you

learn to do the will

of your Higher Power.

Kindness, Love,

Patience and Tolerance

are the seeds of gratitude.



You must also know that you can plant the seeds of your own self destruction

should you give into bad habits and negative feelings.

Examine your seeds before you sow them today.

Not sure which seeds are good, which are bad, pray to your Higher Power for guidance.

Have a friend, find a friend, one who knows happiness and is grateful for being exactly

as their Higher Power wants them to be, the one who knows how to plant a good seed.

God gives us the chance to be a weed or a flower, we make the choice.

You make the choice to plant your seeds in the good soil of

kindness or in the desert sands of despair.

You make your choice to water your seeds with love or allow them to dry up

and wither away.

You make the choice to put your seeds in the sunlight of a

Higher Power and have the patience and tolerance to allow God to do His will.

Go to places where you find happy people, where the judge and the jury are there to

laugh with you, to help you nurture your soul, not to look down upon

you with scorn, to punish you for having become the bad weed.

"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers,
but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings.
The curriculum is so much necessary raw material,
but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant
and for the soul of the child." ~ Carl Jung

Check out your garden today and make your gratitude list,

Beautiful flowers of kindness all around the perimeter.

Baskets full of vegetables of love, waiting to feed your soul.

A few fruit trees of patience and tolerance that will bear

the fruits of a loving family and friends.

A savory patch of herbs and spices to make life more enjoyable.

Today, know that all is well with your garden when you have more than

enough to share with someone who is having troubles with their garden.

Today, know that you cannot pull out the weeds from the garden of family,

friends or the needy.

Today, know that you cannot tend the garden of others,

just show them what makes your garden grow.

Today, sow well, tend well, and the gardens reward for you will be a feast tomorrow.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Happiness is having the seeds of gratitude growing in your heart.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

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