23 Quotes by M. J. Ryan

The choice is ours, in every moment.

Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it.

Like so many other positive acts, it turns out that hugging boosts our immune system. Plus it just plain feels good! So hug someone today, perhaps a person who seems particularly in need.

People teach what they most need to learn.

Gratitude helps us love well by keeping us focused on the beauty in our relationship and the person we love.

Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment.

Eating healthy and exercising won’t help you if it’s only temporary.

Patience is no small, fell-good personal quality. It is at the heart of diplomacy and civility, lawfulness and civil order. Without it, people can’t work together and society can’t function at all. With it, we create the possibility of peace between people and between nations.

Gratitude is the realization that we have everything we need, at least in this moment.