Enrich your life with the beauty around you. There is such an abundance of it: the resplendent breaking dawn welcoming a fresh new day, the abundant arms of a blue spruce adorned with golden medallions from adjacent aspen, shimmering ripples in a mountain lake transformed by the brilliant sun, a hushed stillness of a forest […]
Through expression of prayerful gratitude and thanksgiving, we show our dependence upon a higher source of wisdom and knowledge-God the Father and his Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are taught to ‘live in thanksgiving daily.’ (Alma 34:38.) — Robert D. Hales, “Gratitude for the Goodness of God,” “Ensign,” May 1992, p. 64
One of the most esteemed spiritual attributes we can acquire in life is sincere gratitude. It enriches our lives as we, through this attribute, enrich the lives of others. If we have a thankful heart we will have the blessings that come from constant appreciation for the things done for us and the Lord’s goodness. […]
Express gratitude for each blessing, for ‘in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments.’ — Richard G. Scott, “He Lives,” “Ensign,” Nov. 1999, p. 89