Thank You!

Posted on November 3, 2019 by mitchteemley

Slide1

“Please” and “thank you.” Those were the magic words, Mom and Dad said. Corny? Yep. But you know what? When I taught my kids to say them, they were kind of magical.

“Happiness isn’t necessary for gratitude, gratitude is necessary for happiness.” This seems counter-intuitive, but the only way to be consistently happy is to build a happiness baseline focused on gratitude.

~from How to be Happy

“Enter with the password: ‘Thank you!’ making yourself at home!”

~Psalm 100:4

Mom and Dad were right.

About mitchteemley

Writer, Filmmaker, Humorist, Thinker-about-stuffer
This entry was posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

12 Responses to Thank You!

  1. elfidd / The Rooster says:
    November 3, 2019 at 11:33 am

    Same teachings in my house Mitch.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  2. Vernon Miles Kerr says:
    November 3, 2019 at 11:39 am

    Even in times of depression, when your gratitude is difficult to dredge-up, it still helps improve your spirits if you count your “blessings,” no matter how difficult your disorder makes that exercise.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  3. Jane Tawel says:
    November 3, 2019 at 11:55 am

    Amen. I Love “Happiness isn’t necessary for gratitude, gratitude is necessary for happiness.” Hard to live by without practice, but I find the more I practice it the more joy I en-joy.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  4. gregoryjoel says:
    November 3, 2019 at 12:49 pm

    I don’t know much Mitch, but I do know that gratitude is foundational to a happy life. Even when things aren’t going as planned (or wanted),my wife and I are filled with gratitude for the amazing life (and it’s hardships) that God has blessed us with. Gratitude helped me learn the definition of “enough”. Thanks for the reminder!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  5. seekingdivineperspective says:
    November 3, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    My husband has noticed that whatever the situation, most of my prayers consist of thanks. A friend has commented that I’m one of the happiest people she knows … coincidence? 😉

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  6. sniderjerry says:
    November 3, 2019 at 5:30 pm

    In Jr. high school I listened to a speaker who had worked at the post office over Christmas. They received hundreds of letters to Santa Claus full over I wants. After Christmas, they got one letter thanking Santa. – Thank you for your great essays. Jerry

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  7. smzang says:
    November 3, 2019 at 10:15 pm

    “It’s a terrible day, thanks be to God.”
    It always makes me smile when I think of the gratitude in those words.

    Your article reminded me of them. Thank you!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s